Below are some top WWE news stories after the King & Queen of the Ring premium live event.
– After losing the Women’s World Championship to Liv Morgan at King & Queen of the Ring, Becky Lynch revealed backstage that she has a rematch clause in her contract, and that she’ll face Liv for the Title on Monday’s RAW.
– Liv Morgan said the following backstage after becoming the new Women’s World Champion:
“I told you. I told each and every single one of you. I completed the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour. And you can cry about it.”
– World Heavyweight Champion & Judgment Day leader Damian Priest tweeted the following about Dominik Mysterio accidentally helping Liv Morgan in defeating Becky Lynch for the Women’s World Title:
“What!? From bad to worse… smh”
– Triple H announced that Drew McIntyre has been cleared to return to in-ring competition. He will face Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Clash At The Castle in Scotland (which is Drew’s home country) on June 15.
McIntyre took a shot at Priest after this announcement, as he compared Priest’s situation to that of John Cena at ECW One Night Stand 2006:
“Priest walking into Glasgow (Except without the aura)”
Priest walking into Glasgow (Except without the aura) pic.twitter.com/RQseWvgmTp
— Drew (@DMcIntyreWWE) May 25, 2024
– Nia Jax won the Queen of the Ring tournament by defeating Lyra Valkyria, and earned a WWE Women’s Championship match at SummerSlam 2024. Bayley, who is the current WWE Women’s Champion, tweeted the following about Nia’s victory:
“See you around idiot.”
– Despite the controversy surrounding Brock Lesnar, Michael Cole mentioned The Beast’s name during this premium live event. While talking about how this year’s King & Queen of the Ring winners will receive World Title matches at SummerSlam, Cole mentioned that Brock Lesnar was the last person to win the King of the Ring tournament and challenge for a World Title at SummerSlam back in 2002.
– After defeating United States Champion Logan Paul in the main event, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes tweeted the following:
“Go ahead and move those goalposts one more time.
Such a special night for the crew – thank you all, ready to get home to my girls.”
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