{"id":124575,"date":"2024-05-27T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124575"},"modified":"2024-05-27T00:56:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:56:41","slug":"directions-for-wwe-after-king-and-queen-of-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/05\/27\/directions-for-wwe-after-king-and-queen-of-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Directions for WWE after King and Queen of the Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Saudi Arabia WWE PLE is in the books. <em><strong>King and Queen of the Ring<\/strong><\/em> should be considered a success by the office and fans alike. From a monetary standpoint, we are sure that a profit was made off the show, but it was also a successful night between the ropes. This might have been the most solid night of wrestling that we have seen from Saudi PLEs.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have crowned our King and Queen, where does WWE go from here? We are a few months out from <em><strong>SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em> with plenty of content to get through. What will be in store for WWE as it moves towards &#8220;the biggest party of the summer&#8221;? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full King and Queen of the Ring 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znwA6h7pG7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Is a McIntyre-King General Showdown Looming?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Gunther<\/strong> winning King of the Ring was the smart move, and giving him a world title shot at <em>SummerSlam<\/em> means the main event is close for the Ring General, but who will he face?<\/p>\n<p>It was announced that <strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> will take on <strong>Damian Priest<\/strong>\u00a0at <em><strong>Clash at the Castle<\/strong><\/em>, with McIntyre having a great shot at winning the championship on home soil. It would be a huge win but one that would set up a monumental clash at <em>SummerSlam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre and Gunther at <em>SummerSlam<\/em> are best for business. The two men have put on classics before, and the world title in the mix would only heighten the stakes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The King General&quot; sets his sights on SummerSlam: King and Queen of the Ring 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TDJafL7EU90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Who will be next for The American Nightmare?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> has been treading water slightly since winning the WWE Championship. He has had great matches, but he hasn\u2019t been in a program that he could really sink his teeth into. That is something that could be changing soon.<\/p>\n<p>On the <em><strong>SmackDown<\/strong><\/em> before <em>King &amp; Queen of the Ring,<\/em> Rhodes ran into his old mentor, <strong>Randy Orton<\/strong>. It was a cordial meeting that was steeped in drama as Orton couldn\u2019t take his eyes off the strap on Rhodes&#8217; shoulder. It was a small tease but one that could lead to Orton going after the title. A program that would be great for both men.<\/p>\n<h3>What Will Happen With Bayley?<\/h3>\n<p>It appears as if <strong>Bayley<\/strong> and <strong>Nia Jax<\/strong> will be set to lock horns at <em>SummerSlam<\/em>, but what will the women\u2019s champ do in the meantime?<\/p>\n<p>A great option for her would be taking on <strong>Piper Niven<\/strong>. Niven had put the boots to Bayley on <em>SmackDown<\/em> and was featured during the PLE. She would be a great opponent for Bayley and provides a fresh matchup. Bayley has to do something before her meeting with Jax, and Niven would be the right call.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piper Niven hits Bayley with a post-match attack: SmackDown highlights, May 24, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g-so_PcnuYY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Does The Monday Night Drama Continue?<\/h3>\n<p>A surprise on Saturday was <strong>Liv Morgan<\/strong> winning the Women\u2019s Championship from <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong>. It was a match that was dripping with controversy as <strong>Dominik Mysterio<\/strong> interfered to inadvertently cost Lynch the championship.<\/p>\n<p>WWE has been teasing a relationship between Morgan and Mysterio for a few weeks now, and it looks like it&#8217;s going to continue to play out. Mysterio is clearly going to side with Morgan but the drama with Lynch will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night will see a rematch for the championship and more shenanigans will ensue. It would make sense to keep this going for a month or two until <em>SummerSlam<\/em> comes around.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liv Morgan is World Champion thanks to &quot;Dirty&quot; Dom: King and Queen of the Ring 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G3pbaAF-7jo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Logan Paul Will Pull A Vanishing Act<\/h3>\n<p><b>Logan <\/b><strong>Paul<\/strong> was great as a foil for Rhodes, but his taking the fall was inevitable. Now what for the Maverick? Probably nothing until <em>SummerSlam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is not someone who is going to be on television every week. He is on a part-time schedule and his other commitments pull him away from the company. If one were to guess, we won\u2019t be seeing the United States champion until the build for <em>SummerSlam<\/em> begins. It&#8217;s in his hometown and he will be featured heavily.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Cole calls Logan Paul a loser!: King and Queen of the Ring 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ze4eyLJS-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>What Is In Store For Alpha Academy?<\/h3>\n<p><b>The<\/b> <strong>Alpha Academy<\/strong> is bound for a split. Ever since <strong>Chad Gable<\/strong> turned heel, this was inevitable, but things seem to get sped up on Saturday. <strong>Otis<\/strong> messed up his interference, costing Gable the match and, if their post-match stare down was any indication, a split is coming.<\/p>\n<p>What will be more interesting coming out of the split is what Gable does. He is drawing more comparisons to <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> every day, including adopting his <em>&#8220;You Suck&#8221;<\/em> chants. Now is the time for him to lean in and bring the <strong>Creed Brothers<\/strong> into the fold. Creating a new <strong>Team Angle<\/strong>, or Gable for this instance, would be a great way to continue his heel ways and get him a realistic shot at the Intercontinental Championship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Otis accidentally takes out Chad Gable: King and Queen of the Ring 2024 highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/En_3ni_CExo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on WWE NXT Stand &amp; Deliver 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><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Saudi Arabia WWE PLE is in the books. King and Queen of the Ring should be considered a success by the office and fans alike. From a monetary standpoint, we are sure that a profit was made off the show, but it was also a successful night between the ropes. This might have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4518,"featured_media":124581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,26,4,3],"tags":[7860,160,1444,98,6530,686,8238,217,7612,602,47,8874,60],"class_list":["post-124575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-alpha-academy","tag-bayley","tag-chad-gable","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-dominik-mysterio","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-gunther","tag-liv-morgan","tag-logan-paul","tag-nia-jax","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-king-and-queen-of-the-ring","tag-wwe-summerslam"],"modified_by":"Chinyere Okafor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4518"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}