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COMPLETE WWE KING AND QUEEN OF THE RING PPV REPORT: KING AND QUEEN ARE CROWNED, THREE TITLE MATCHES, BETRAYALS, CLASH AT THE CASTLE MAIN EVENT ANNOUNCED, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2024-05-25 10:59:00

We take a look back at the end of the Women's Tag Title Match from the Countdown show.

Byron Saxton is with Jade and Bianca.  He asks if there is a secret to how well they gel as a team.

They say they have each others backs.  Bianca says Candice is why her knee has been hurting her.  They had something to prove and they did it.  Jade tells anyone to come out and challenge them.

Grayson Waller and Austin Theory are in the crowd, as well as Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.  The Street Profits and B Fab are also in the crowd.

Match Number Three:  Queen of the Ring Finals: Lyra Valkyria verus Nia Jax

Lyra avoids Nia at the start of the match.  Lyra with a side head lock and Nia pushes Lyra away.  Lyra with a crucifix but Nia blocks an attempt to get her to the mat.  Lyra goes for a sunset flip and Nia picks up Lyra and biels Lyra but Lyra with a cartwheel.  Nia gets Lyra up and Lyra counters with a sleeper.  Nia backs Lyra into the corner to escape the hold.  Nia charges at Lyra and Lyra sends Nia to the floor.  Lyra with a drop kick through the ropes and Nia sends Lyra into the apron.  Lyra with a drop kick into the corner but Nia pushes Lyra away.  Lyra goes for a tornado DDT but Nia pushes her away.  Nia gets Lyra up and Lyra counters into a sleeper.  Nia with a snap mare to escape the hold.  Nia runs Lyra into the corner and hits a splash.  Nia with an elbow drop to the back for a near fall.  

Nia with a hard Irish whip.  Nia chokes Lyra in the corner.  Lyra with head butts to the midsection but they have no effect on Nia.  Nia runs Lyra into the turnbuckles and puts her in the tree of woe.  Nia head butts Lyra in the tree of woe and kicks her to the mat.  Nia ties Lyra in the ropes and stretches her.  Nia with a cobra clutch.  Lyra with elbows but Nia violently tosses Lyra to the mat.  Lyra with a jaw breaker and kicks.  Lyva with more kicks and a head butt.  Nia falls to her knees but Nia with a Samoan drop for a near fall.  Nia goes to the turnbuckles for the Annihilator but Lyra rolls to the apron and Nia goes for it on the apron and misses.

Lyra with a drop kick to Nia and Nia catches Lyra on a drop kick through the ropes.  Lyra counters into a bulldog on the floor.  Lyra sends Nia back into the ring.  Lyra with a missile drop kick and a tornado DDT for a near fall.  Lyra goes up top and leaps over Nia.  Nia with a Samoan drop and sets for Annihilator.  Lyra moves and Lyra kicks Nia in the back of the leg and Lyra with a double stomp to Nia in the ropes for a near fall.  Lyra with a leg drop to the back of the neck off the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Lyra tries to get Nia up but Nia escapes and Nia with a splash in the corner.  Nia goes to the turnbuckles with Lyra on her back.

Lyra goes for a sunset flip power bomb when she escapes.  Nia with an Annihilator for the three count.

Winner:  Nia Jax

After the match, Paul Levesque presents Nia with the crown.

Kayla is in the ring with Nia and Nia takes the mic and she says that she doesn't need her congratulations.  She says she knows no one is happy that she won but Nia is happy and you will get angrier when she becomes the champion at SummerSlam.

Byron Saxton is in the back and Becky Lynch is yelling at Dominik Mysterio.

Becky walks away and Byron asks for comment.

Becky says she doesn't know what happened and why Dom was out there.  She doesn't know what happened.  Becky says she has a rematch clause and she says she will get that rematch on Monday.

Tiffany Stratton and Carmelo Hayes are in the crowd for the next match.

Match Number Four:  King of the Ring Finals: Randy Orton versus Gunther

They circle each other before locking up.  Orton backs Gunther into the ropes but Gunther gets the position in the corner and he gives a clean break.  They lock up and the referee separates them on the break.  Gunther with a wrist lock into an arm bar.  Orton with a reversal and arm wringers that send Gunther to the mat.  Gunther forces a break and Gunther with a clean break.  They lock up and Orton with a side head lock.  Orton with a shoulder tackle and side head lock take down.  Orton holds on to the side head lock when Gunther tries to send Orton off the ropes.  Gunther backs Orton into the corner and Gunther with a chop on the break.  Gunther with another chop.  Gunther with a third chop to Orton.  Orton blocks a chop from Gunther and Orton with punches and European uppercuts.  Gunther with a chop.

Orton with a kick and European uppercut.  Orton with a punch and he goes to the turnbuckles for more punches.  Orton's knee gives out for a moment and Orton tries for an RKO but misses.  Gunther with a boot to the lower back.  Gunther with a forearm to the back against the ropes.  Gunther sends Orton into the ropes and hits a forearm to the lower back.  Orton falls to his knees and the referee checks on Orton.  Gunther with a waist lock and Orton with punches.  Gunther with a kick and chop.  Gunther kicks Orton in the back.  Gunther with forearms to the back.  Gunther with an abdominal stretch into a double wrist lock.  Gunther wtih an arm bar.  Gunther with a back breaker for a near fall.  

Gunther with a slam.  Gunther goes for a suplex but Orton blocks it and Orton tries to suplex Gunther but Gunther blocks it.  They get close to the suplex as they go back and forth until Orton hits a suplex.  Gunther with a chop and Orton with two clotheslines.  Orton avoids a clothesline and Randy tries for the power slam but Gunther holds on to the ropes.  Gunther with a clothesline for a near fall.  Orton backs Gunther into the corner and Randy with a power slam.  Gunther rolls to the apron.  Randy sets for the hanging DDT and hits it.  Orton looks around and he twists to the mat and he sets for the RKO.  Orton goes for the RKO but Gunther pushes him away.  Gunther with a slam and Gunther goes up top for a frog splash and hits it for a near fall.   Gunther goes up top again and Orton moves but Gunther rolls out of the way.

Orton with an RKO and he cannot make the cover immediately and that allows Gunther to roll to the apron.  They go to the floor and Orton picks up Gunther for a back drop driver onto the announce table. Orton with another back drop driver onto the announce table.  Orton returns to the ring and breaks the count.  Gunther sends Orton into the apron and Gunther chops Orton.  Gunther sets for a power bomb on the floor but Orton counters into a back drop.  Orton with another back drop driver onto the announce table.  Orton sends Gunther back into the ring but Orton takes his time to get back into the ring.  Gunther drop kicks Orton in the leg on the apron.  Gunther kicks Orton in the back of the leg.  Gunther with more kicks to the back of the leg.

Gunther with a single leg crab.  Orton escapes but Gunther goes for the single leg crab again.  Orton kicks Gunther away.  Gunther with the single leg crab.  Orton kicks Gunther away.  Orton with an RKO and he gets a near fall and Gunther hits the knee on the kick out.  Gunther with a crucifix for the three count.

Winner:  Gunther

Gunther is presented with his crown.

Byron is in the ring with Gunther and he asks how does it feel to be king.

Gunther says what he does, you do not deserve.  He says it feels better to beat Randy Orton in the finals.  What happened today was the apex predator becoming the prey for the Ring General.  He became the King of the Ring and at SummerSlam, he will become the World Champion.

WWE will return to Saudi Arabia on November 2nd in Riyadh for Crown Jewel.

Paul Levesque is with Kayla Braxton in the back and Paul announces that Drew McIntyre is cleared to wrestle so he will face Damian Priest at Clash at the Castle.

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