Monday’s “WWE Uncooked” season premiere had an enormous combat really feel, thanks in no small half to the evening’s Intercontinental Championship No. 1 Contender Event finals. “Fundamental Occasion” Jey Uso, Ilja Dragunov, Pete Dunne, and Braun Strowman competed in a four-way match to find out Bron Breakker’s subsequent challenger, however solely Uso walked out of Calgary with a title shot.
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Breakker met with every challenger earlier than the evening’s important occasion to ship some alternative threats, however each challenger stood robust towards the champion’s intimidation techniques. Blood was shed over the high-stakes competitors, which solely started to unravel almost thirty minutes into the match-up, when Strowman took his energy to the surface with the Strowman Specific. After clearing Dunne, Dragunov, and Uso, Strowman discovered himself close to the announce desk — the place he was ambushed by a returning Bronson Reed. Strowman had taken Reed’s place within the No. 1 Contender Event after the latter was identified with COVID-19, and the Tsunami-happy famous person was eager on exacting his revenge.
Again within the ring, Uso and Dragunov exchanged a collection of blows that ended with Uso nailing Dragunov with a Spear. Earlier than Uso might capitalize on the pin, Dunne threw him out and tried to steal the victory for himself. Miraculously, Dragunov kicked out, and almost put Dunne away with an H-Bomb earlier than Uso broke up with pin with a superkick. Uso took the sky, and delivered a signature Uso Splash onto Dunne for the victory. Following the match, Breakker appeared within the ring to confront the brand new No. 1 Contender. The 2 males confronted off because the present went off the air.
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With this victory, Uso is one step nearer to reaching his first singles title with the corporate. The time and place for Uso and Breakker’s Intercontinental Championship match has but to be disclosed.
