Full WWE Clash at the Castle 2024 Card:
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Damian Priest (c) vs. Drew McIntyre*
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Piper Niven
- Undisputed WWE Championship “I Quit” Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Triple-Threat Match: Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Chad Gable
*The Judgment Day is barred from ringside.
Drew McIntyre Looks To Have His Moment At Damian Priest’s Cost
The feud between World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre has been building up for a number of weeks. With Clash at the Castle taking place in McIntyre’s home country, this sets the stage for ‘The Scottish Warrior’ to claim the gold.
McIntyre actually won the title at WrestleMania 40 but, due to his hyper-focus on CM Punk (who was on commentary for the match), Priest managed to (finally) cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase. Since then, McIntyre has been fixated on reclaiming the title.
McIntyre understood that, with Priest, there is also The Judgement Day, so he worked to eliminate that problem. At Clash at the Castle, Priest’s nearly 70-day reign comes under threat without The Judgement Day at his side. This could be McIntyre’s crowning moment (again), and it could happen in front of his home crowd.
Piper Niven Hopes To Dethrone Bayley And Win First Major Championship
Cody Rhodes And AJ Styles Clash In “I Quit” Match
At Backlash France, Cody Rhodes made his first PLE title defense of the Undisputed WWE Championship against AJ Styles. The champion managed to hold onto the title, and he is now heading towards 70 days as the titleholder.
The May 31 edition of SmackDown saw Styles seemingly announcing his retirement. This was believable considering that Styles has been a wrestler since 1998 but he had fooled the entire WWE Universe. Rhodes came out to the ring honoring Styles’ request, and it was soon revealed that this was all a planned attack on the champion.
The following week, the pair agreed to meet at Clash at the Castle, but the match would be an “I Quit” match. This is not a new concept to the WWE but it certainly adds an element of intrigue to the match and ups the stakes that much.