8 Ups & 6 Downs From Triple H's WWE (So Far)
3. Clash At The Castle
Despite Triple H spending years on the grift that SummerSlam 1992 was a fiscal failure, he sure understood the importance of making September's Clash At The Castle a WWE premium live event for the ages. Even if it was just to zoom and enhance on the praise he'd been receiving for his work since taking over two months earlier.
Riding a wave of that optimism and mixing in the excitement and enthusiasm of the Cardiff/UK crowd buzzing for the first event of this nature in 30 years, the show was a work of unqualified excellence.
A tight and supremely well-paced card offered the probable WWE match of the year in Sheamus Vs Gunther, an exceptional and nerve-jangling main event between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre, Damage CTRL's finest hour in a killer six-woman opener, and what turned out to be the creative and critical peak of Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle's spirited summer series.
Every visual was better than the last, Cardiff city centre buzzed with WWE's curated vibe all weekend, and echoes from Edge's pop and Dominik Mysterio's heel turn can still be felt in and around the South Wales Valleys to this day.