Drew McIntyre Wins WWE Title On Raw

Drew McIntyre defeats Randy Orton to become a two-time WWE Champion.

by Andy H Murray
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Drew McIntyre is WWE Champion once more, defeating Randy Orton to reclaim Raw’s top title on last night’s show.

The match went down in the main event. Orton had tried to bail on proceedings as he walked away from the ring, hoping to score a voluntary countout (which would have seen him retain via champion’s advantage), only for pseudo authority figure Adam Pearce to declare it a no DQ, no countout bout. McIntyre then ended up taking the match via Claymore after blocking an attempted RKO, scoring the fall after 24:10.

McIntyre is now a two-time WWE Champion. He first took the belt at WrestleMania 36, defeating Brock Lesnar, and held it for over 200 days before Randy defeated him at Hell In A Cell 2020. Orton’s 10th run with the WWE Title ended without a single defence in 22 days.

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The result means that McIntyre, not Orton, will face Universal Champion Roman Reigns at Survivor Series 2020 this Sunday. McIntyre and Reigns got involved in a face-to-face confrontation on last week’s SmackDown.

The last time the WWE Championship changed hands on regular television was on 4 October 2019, when Lesnar squashed Kofi Kingston on SmackDown. We haven’t seen a Raw title change since Reigns defeated Sheamus in December 2015. McIntyre joins AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan in winning the belt on the week of the pay-per-view, forcing a card change.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.