Elsewhere backstage, Sami Zayn catches up with “Main Event” Jey Uso. Zayn says Randy Orton hasn’t shown up yet. Jey reminds him that they took him out with the injury over a year ago. It’s no surprise he hasn’t shown up yet. They worry he might now make it. The crowd chants “CM Punk” during this.
World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins is in his locker room. “Main Event” Jey Uso and Sami Zayn walk in and say Randy Orton hasn’t shown up yet. “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes walks in and says he will show up. Rhodes asks them to trust him.
Men’s WarGames Match
Drew McIntyre and The Judgment Day (Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and Damian Priest, NXT North American Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh) vs. “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, “Main Event” Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins, and Randy Orton
The match will start with Finn Bálor vs. Seth “Freakin” Rollins.
Damian Priest, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh, Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and Sami Zayn are in the cages for now. Randy Orton still has not appeared.
Rollins gets in the ring, hits the ropes, and dives into the second ring to attack Bálor, who was standing there. Rollins punches away at him. Bálor cuts him off and goes to send him into the cage wall, but Rollins cuts him off. Rollins sends Bálor twice into the cage wall. A loud “CM Punk” chant picks up. Rollins drives Bálor into the cage wall again and gets the crowd to sing his song. Bálor rolls to the first ring, and Rollins follows him in. Bálor begs him off before going for a cheap shot, but Rollins blocks it. Rollins goes for a Buckle Bomb, but Bálor gets out and clotheslines him down. Bálor grabs the World Heavyweight Champion and drives him headfirst into the cage wall. Bálor grabs him again and repeats the move. Bálor chops the chest.
Three minutes to go until the Judgment Day, who won the WarGames Advantage Match on Monday Night Raw, gets a 2-on-1 advantage. Bálor sends Rollins into the cage wall and hits a Sling Blade. Bálor sizes Rollins up as the crowd chants, “CM Punk.” Bálor charges, but Rollins kicks him down. They’re in between the two rings on the diamond plate covering. Rollins goes for a Pedigree, but Bálor hits a back body drop on the diamond plate. Rollins’s perpetually injured lower back locks up on him. Bálor goes to the top rope for a Coup de Grâce, but Rollins moves. Rollins hits a Sling Blade and gets to his feet. Rollins punches Bálor down in the corner. Rollins whips Bálor to the corner and avalanches him before hitting a back suplex into a backbreaker. Rollins connects with a running knee to the face.
Time expires. JD McDonagh joins the match. As he goes to get in the ring, Rollins kicks him right out of the cage. Bálor attacks Rollins, but Rollins whips him hard into the opposite corner. Rollins grabs McDonagh, but McDonagh attacks him with a kendo stick shot. McDonagh brings two kendo sticks in the ring and gives one to Bálor. The three-minute clock begins. McDonagh and Bálor tee off on Rollins with kendo stick shots. Bálor chokes Rollins with the kendo stick. Another “CM Punk” chant picks up. McDonagh swings at Rollins, but Rollins blocks it. Rollins sends McDonagh to the diamond plate between the two rings and elbows Bálor back. McDonagh quickly attacks Rollins and springboards off the middle rope of the second ring and moonsaults into the first ring on Rollins. Bálor and McDonagh grab Rollins and take him down with the kendo stick. McDonagh hangs Rollins on the top rope, and Bálor comes off the second rope with a kendo stick shot to the spine. Bálor digs the kendo stick into Rollins’ face and talks trash. Bálor and McDonagh hit a double-team straightjacket suplex.
Time expires, and “Main Event” Jey Uso joins the match. The “YEET” chants fill the arena. Jey looks into the ring and sees Bálor and McDonagh holding chairs. He grabs a chair from ringside and gets in the ring to take them down. Jey punches away at McDonagh and takes him down. Jey then goes off on Bálor with punches. Jey connects with enzuigiris on both McDonagh and Bálor. The crowd loudly cheers Jey. Jey hits Bálor with a running hip attack. Jey charges at McDonagh, but McDonagh takes him down with a standing Spanish Fly.
Drew McIntyre furiously stares down at Jey Uso from the cage he’s contained in. Rollins pulls Jey out of a double-team suplex. Rollins goes after Bálor, and Jey concentrates on McDonagh. Rollins punches away at Bálor until he escapes to the second ring. Rollins steps over from the top rope in the first ring to the top rope in the second ring and hits a diving ax handle.
Time expires, and Drew McIntyre starts to head out of the cage. Damian Priest holds him back and tells him to stick to the plan. Damian Priest then heads toward the ring. Priest cautiously gets in the ring, and Rollins and Jey ambush him. Priest fights them off, but Rollins hits him in the ribs with the steel chair. Bálor and McDonagh join in to help. It’s currently 3-on-2. Priest pulls out a metal baton and viciously attacks Rollins and Jey with it. Priest avalanches Rollins and Jey. Priest flattens Jey with a Broken Arrow before hitting Rollins with a flatliner. Priest goes to the top rope. Bálor and McDonagh hold Rollins and Jey up. Priest flattens them with a twisting senton.
Priest punches Rollins, and Rollins rolls into the second ring. Priest punches and stomps away at Rollins. In the first ring, McDonagh holds Jey up as Bálor hits him in the midsection with a steel chair. Bálor smashes the chair off Jey’s back. Bálor drives the chair into Jey’s throat.
Time expires. Sami Zayn shakes hands with Cody Rhodes and makes his way to the ring. Zayn hits McDonagh in the head with the kendo stick and slams the door into Bálor’s face. Zayn thinks about it and goes under the ring for a table. The crowd absolutely ROARS in approval. An “Ucey” chant picks up. Priest punches Jey down, and Zayn clotheslines Priest over the top rope onto the diamond plate. Priest nearly landed on his head. Zayn stomps away at Priest in between the rings. Zayn gets back in the first ring and attacks Bálor before hitting a Blue Thunder Bomb. Zayn goes to the top rope. A LOUD “Ucey” chant fires up. Zayn looks around before attempting to climb to the top of the cage wall. McDonagh quickly grabs Zayn, but Zayn smashes him off the cage wall. McDonagh lands crotch-first on the top rope and falls to the canvas. Zayn pulls a pipe off the cage and hits McDonagh with it. Bálor charges, but Zayn hits him with the pipe. Priest goes after Zayn, but Zayn springboards over him and smashes him in the face with the pipe.
A ”Sami” chant fires up as Zayn punches Bálor down in the corner. Zayn digs his boots into Bálor’s face. Zayn punches McDonagh. Zayn and Rollins take turns punching away at McDonagh. Rollins then chops Bálor’s chest. Zayn hits Bálor with a kendo stick. Rollins sets a chair up and bounces Bálor off it. Zayn tosses a kendo stick to Jey, who is in the second ring, but he overshoots and it sails out of the ring.
Time expires, and Drew McIntyre joins the match. McIntyre slams Rollins down and attacks Zayn in the corner. McIntyre hits Zayn with a WILD overhead belly-to-belly suplex. McIntyre grabs Rollins and gives him an inverted Alabama Slam onto Zayn!
McIntyre has his eyes fixed on Jey Uso, who is in the second ring. McIntyre slowly gets in the ring and stares at the man he blames for all his woes over the past year and more. Jey punches away at McIntyre and uppercuts him. McIntyre quickly comes back with a neckbreaker and kips up. We have 1:30 left until Jey, Rollins, and Zayn get some relief. It’s 4-on-3 right now. McIntyre tells Jey to apologize and acknowledge what he has done. McIntyre slams him into the cage wall a few times. McIntyre then scoops him up and lawn darts him into the cage wall. McDonagh stomps and punches Zayn down. McIntyre goes for a Claymore Kick on Jey, but Jey superkicks him. Jey and Zayn then hit McIntyre with the 1D! Bálor and Priest quickly attack Zayn.
Time expires, and it’s a dream come true. “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes enters the match created by his father, “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes gets in the ring and viciously attacks Priest. Rhodes punches Bálor in between the ring. Rhodes punches away at McDonagh in the second ring and hits a clothesline. McDonagh reverses a whip to the corner, but Rhodes gets out and hits McDonagh with a back body drop. Rhodes then attacks Bálor and gives him a front suplex onto McDonagh.
Rhodes then drags a bull rope into the ring, one of his father’s preferred weapons. Rollins grabs the other end, and they get into a tug-of-war. They then attack McDonagh before hitting Bálor and crotching him with it. Rollins shouts about Randy Orton. It’s 4-on-4. Rhodes punches Priest in the first ring. The clock is counting down to give the Judgment Day the advantage once again.
Time expires, and NXT North American Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio enters the ring to loud boos. The Judgment Day has a 5-on-4 advantage. Mysterio gets in the ring and attacks Rollins, Bálor, Zayn, and Rhodes. Mysterio gets in the first ring and hits Rhodes with Two Amigos. On the Third Amigo, he stops when he sees Zayn, Rollins, and Jey surrounding him. All four men then viciously beat Mysterio down to the delight of the crowd. Rhodes punches Mysterio into the second ring. Rollins puts Bálor in the corner. Zayn and Rollins lean the table in the corner. Rhodes sends Mysterio into the cage wall. Rollins sets up for a powerbomb through the table in the corner, but the Judgment Day saves “Dirty” Dom.
The crowd starts to chant for Randy Orton before chanting for CM Punk. McIntyre and Priest hit Rollins, Rhodes, and Zayn with stereo chokeslams. McDonagh then crushes Zayn with a moonsault off the top rope. Bálor follows up with a Coup de Grâce on Rollins. Mysterio then hits Rhodes with a Frog Splash. The Judgment Day sets the table upright in the corner. Priest then gives Rollins the Razor’s Edge through the table! The Judgment Day stands tall.
The clock counts down… and no Randy Orton! Instead, Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley runs down with a referee and the Money in the Bank briefcase!
“I HEAR VOICES IN MY HEAD!”
RANDY ORTON makes his return after more than a year. He is clean-shaven. The crowd gives him an incredible ovation. Orton gets in the ring and closes the door. The bell rings to officially start WarGames.
LET THE WARGAMES BEGIN. Orton clotheslines Mysterio twice and hits a snap powerslam. Orton then this McDonagh with a snap powerslam. Orton had double fusion back surgery, but he’s moving around great. Orton sends Mysterio and McDonagh into the cage wall. Orton hooks Bálor’s head and gives him a hanging DDT!
McIntyre stares at Orton from the second rope. McIntyre gets into the first ring and stares down his old nemesis. Priest attacks Orton from behind. The Judgment Day beats down Orton in the corner. Rhodes, Jey, Rollins, and Zayn cut them off. The entire Judgment Day is in between the ring the two rings. Rhodes, Zayn, Rollins, Jey, and Orton hit stereo-hanging DDTs on the Judgment Day. Orton drops down for an RKO, but then he turns toward Jey to let him know that he hasn’t forgotten what he did to him. Jey superkicks Priest before he attacks Orton. Orton then gives Mysterio an RKO. Rollins gives Priest a Stomp on the diamond plate. Rhodes hits Bálor with a Cody Cutter, and Zayn hits McIntyre with a Cody Kick. Jey leaps off the top rope from the first ring into the second ring with an Uso Splash on McIntyre.
McDonagh is the last man standing and tries to scale the cage wall to save himself. If McDonagh leaves, he’ll forfeit the match for his team. Zayn and Rollins follow him to the top of the cage and attack him. Orton looks up at McDonagh on top of the cage. He’s ready! Rollins and Zayn push McDonagh off the top of the cage into an RKO from Orton! The crowd explodes. Orton sends Priest into Rhodes. Rhodes hits Priest with Cross Rhodes for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, and Randy Orton
The show starts to end… and CM PUNK’S MUSIC HITS!!! CM PUNK MAKES HIS WAY OUT TO THE STAGE!!!! CM PUNK RETURNS TO WWE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 10 YEARS!!!!! A MASSIVE “CM Punk” chant picks up. Punk is fired up and celebrates with the crowd. Oh my goodness, what an ending to this show!
