WWE Clash at the Castle live results: Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre, Piper Niven, and Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn are ready for one of the biggest nights of their careers.

All four Scottish wrestlers will be challenging for titles in the first-ever WWE PPV/PLE to take place from their home country. The OVO Hydro hosts WWE Clash at the Castle this afternoon, streaming live on Peacock/WWE Network at 2 p.m. Eastern time.

McIntyre will attempt to avenge his WrestleMania embarrassment as he faces World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest. At WrestleMania, McIntyre won the title from Seth Rollins but then allowed CM Punk to get into his head, opening the door for Priest to cash in the Money in the Bank briefcase.

Priest’s Judgment Day stablemates are barred from ringside tonight. We’ll see if Punk ends up getting involved.

Niven is challenging Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship, while the Women’s Tag Team titles will be on the line in a triple threat match between Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill, Fyre & Dawn, and Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark.

Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles in an “I Quit” match for the Undisputed WWE Championship is one of tonight’s headlining bouts. Plus, Sami Zayn defends the Intercontinental title against Chad Gable.

Before the main card starts, there will be a pre-show airing at noon Eastern.

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Show Recap — 

KICK-OFF SHOW 

Michael Cole, Big E and Kevin Owens hosted the (2-hour long) pre-show panel.

Jackie Redmond spoke about Piper Niven, Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn and Drew McIntyre. She mentioned Niven getting her start in Insane Championship wrestling, all the family and friends Dawn was bringing to the show, and McIntyre’s influence on the local scene. 

They aired part one of a sit-down interview Redmond did with McIntyre. Aside from his usual complaints, he was a complete babyface here. He said he considered taking time off when his contract expired. He lost his sister-in-law and his wife and mother-in-law were struggling. He visited his family in Scotland and seeing them hit him hard. He sat with his family and they decided it wasn’t time to leave the business. WWE were great to him and it felt like he had more balance in his life now. 

Cathy Kelley interviewed Chad Gable, alongside Otis and Maxxine Dupri. Dupri wore shades, seemingly to hide her expression. Gable said they would help him win his Intercontinental title no matter what. Kelley asked Dupri about her ankle. She wore a boot but Gable insisted she was fine. Gable also just realized Tozawa wasn’t there. He said Tozawa would pay on Monday. 

There were video packages for Sami Zayn/Chad Gable and Bayley/Niven. 

Kelley interviewed Bayley. Bayley knew how much tonight meant for Niven and appreciated everything she’s done. But Niven was the same person who has been attacking her for weeks and she couldn’t let that slide. Bayley would win tonight and was sorry it had to be in front of her friends and family. Kelley wrapped up the interview and Bayley sent us back to Cole while calling him an idiot.

Chelsea Green joined the panel and Cole was very dismissive of her. Cole wondered why Green kept saying that “we” would win the title (referring to her and Niven). Green said Cole was alone in life and didn’t understand. Owens mentioned that he was the Universal Champion while he was friends with “a Canadian” and they would say they were the champions together. He admitted that ended terribly. Green said that wouldn’t happen to her because she would be with Niven forever. Cole rudely kicked her out. 

There was a Roddy Piper video. Cole introduced the video by saying Piper came from the “shores of the United Kingdom.” Peter Rosenburg narrated the video and acknowledged that Piper was born in Canada.

Redmond replaced Cole on the panel. Owens and Big E lowered their chairs to be the same height as her. 

Still almost an hour to go.

They aired part two of Redmond’s interview with McIntyre. He didn’t appreciate Cole, the voice of WWE, using his position to call him a hypocrite. Cole sang his praises when he was on top during the pandemic. McIntyre was doing what he thought was right. If he was being presented as a bad guy, “then say hello to the bad guy.” Winning the title in Scotland after everything that’s happened would be perfect. He liked Damian Priest but didn’t think he was quite at the level he should be. Redmond wished him luck. He thanked her but said he didn’t need it. 

There was a video on the history of UK wrestling narrated by William Regal. 

Kelley spoke about the anxiety backstage surrounding the show and she wasn’t able to get Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill for an interview. She also mentioned Cargill lost her bags while travelling. 

There was a video for Fyre and Dawn.

There was an ECW video and the panel spoke about the promotion. 

The panel spoke about Priest and openly discussed that he wasn’t the focus of this show despite being the champion. This was followed by a McIntyre video package.