Cody Rhodes retained the Undisputed WWE Championship with a victory over Kevin Owens at Saturday Evening’s Fundamental Occasion in New York, however the fireworks actually began after the match was over.
Rhodes used the chair Owens introduced into the match after two referees have been knocked out. He hit the patented Cross Rhodes ending maneuver after Owens missed with a chair shot. As “The American Nightmare” celebrated, Owens returned to the ring to assault the champion.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Cody Rhodes enters the ring throughout Saturday Evening Fundamental Occasion at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Dec. 14, 2024, in Uniondale, New York. (WWE/Getty Pictures)
Owens nailed Rhodes with an “unlawful” package deal piledriver. Rhodes left the sector on a stretcher.
As Owens walked towards gorilla place, WWE chief content material officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque confronted Owens. Levesque shoved Owens as the 2 acquired nose-to-nose. WWE safety guards needed to separate the 2 as Levesque went to examine on Rhodes.
It was the second time Owens used the package deal piledriver on a SmackDown celebrity. He used it on Randy Orton, which left Orton down and out and in addition taken out of an area on stretcher.
It’s unclear what the long run held for each Owens and Rhodes within the aftermath.
Elsewhere, Chelsea Inexperienced made historical past with a win over Michin. Inexperienced rolled over Michin’s again within the nook and hit an unimaginable unpretty-her transfer and picked up the pinfall.
JASON KELCE RECALLS WRESTLEMANIA 40 EXPERIENCE, COMMENTS ON PRO WRESTLING BEING ‘FAKE’
Nick Aldis and Chelsea Inexperienced have a good time her win throughout Saturday Evening Fundamental Occasion on Dec. 14, 2024, in Uniondale, New York. (WWE/Getty Pictures)
Inexperienced turned the primary United States ladies’s champion as WWE unveiled the midcard belt a number of weeks in the past.
It has been a very long time coming for Inexperienced, who made her first look in WWE in 2014 earlier than turning into a contestant on “Powerful Sufficient” in 2015. She then made an influence with TNA Wrestling and Lucha Underground earlier than she acquired an actual likelihood with WWE NXT.
She was a shocking launch in 2021 and ultimately made a return to TNA and have become a tag-team champion with Deonna Purrazzo in 2022. She returned to WWE in 2023 and have become a tag-team champion with Sonya Deville and later Piper Niven.
Inexperienced entered the U.S. title event and defeated Blair Davenport and Bianca Belair in a triple-threat match and Bayley in a singles match to earn an opportunity at profitable the title. She accomplished her dream on Saturday night time, profitable her first singles title.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The emblem for World Wrestling Leisure, WWE, seems above a buying and selling put up on the ground of the New York Inventory Trade, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Picture/Richard Drew, File)
Listed here are the remainder of the outcomes.
- Drew McIntyre def. Sami Zayn through pinfall.
- Liv Morgan def. Iyo Sky through pinfall to retain the Girls’s World Championship.
- Gunther def. Finn Balor and Damian Priest through pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Observe Fox Information Digital’s sports activities protection on X and subscribe to the Fox Information Sports activities Huddle e-newsletter.
