{"id":123877,"date":"2024-04-07T19:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123877"},"modified":"2024-04-07T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:52:33","slug":"andnew-damian-priest-cashes-money-in-the-bank-wrestlemania-xl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-damian-priest-cashes-money-in-the-bank-wrestlemania-xl\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Damian Priest Cashes Money in the Bank at WWE WrestleMania XL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events, one night after losing the Undisputed\u00a0<strong>WWE<\/strong> Tag Team Championship,<strong> Damian Priest<\/strong> cashed Money in the Bank to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This came off the back of\u00a0<strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> winning the title just minutes prior from\u00a0<strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The match between Rollins and McIntyre was a hard-hitting and fast affair from start to finish. Both men pulled out all the stops on their way to a classic\u00a0<em><strong>WrestleMania XL<\/strong><\/em> opener. With one more Claymore Kick, McIntyre would secure the title for the third time.<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre would prance around and get in the face of\u00a0<strong>CM Punk<\/strong> on commentary instead of focusing on his win. Punk took exception to this and proceeded to beat down the new champion. The &#8220;Best in the World&#8221; would take off his brace and hit Drew in the head hard, knocking down the &#8220;Scottish Warrior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SE\u00d1OR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7STQ6swzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/A7STQ6swzw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1777119851334586802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, the music would hit its Priest running full speed into the <em>WrestleMania XL<\/em> ring with his Money in the Bank briefcase in hand. With one more vicious briefcase hit to the temple, Damian would make it crystal clear that he was cashing in his opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>After one South of Heaven, Damian Priest became the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. It took almost a year for Priest to get to this point, and his patience paid off big-time. This is Priest&#8217;s first World Championship win in WWE.<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events, one night after losing the Undisputed\u00a0WWE Tag Team Championship, Damian Priest cashed Money in the Bank to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This came off the back of\u00a0Drew McIntyre winning the title just minutes prior from\u00a0Seth Rollins. 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