WWE Wrestlepalooza Results – Welcome to WrestlingAttitude’s coverage of WWE Wrestlepalooza, live on September 20, from the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our coverage begins at 1pm ET.
WWE Wrestlepalooza Results
The War & Treaty sang God bless America.
Michael Cole welcomed everyone to the show.
The Usos were shown walking in the libby of the arena. Seth Rollins and The Vision were walking backstage. Becky Lynch apparently mugged Big Bird. They showed CM Punk and AJ Lee in the back. They showed Stephanie and IYO wandering the hallways. Finally, Cody and Drew.
— The lights went out in the arena. They aired the video feature on WWE coming to ESPN. It was a hell of a package.
— Paul Levesque was revealed to be in the ring. We had reported earlier on PWInsiderElite.com that he would be opening the show as an added segment. He asked Indy if they can feel the energy. This is the final form of sports and entertainment. He said that if tonight is your first night, welcome to WWE. Welcome to ESPN. He welcomed everyone to WrestlePalooza. Lots of pyro went off. Shockingly, he didn’t ask us if we were ready. Somewhere out there, someone wasn’t ready.
Michael Cole and the returning Wade Barrett welcomed everyone to the crowd. Cole said he was proud to be out here and it was an important night for everyone as the company has made it to ESPN.
— Pat McAfee arrived and joined the announcing team. You knew he wasn’t missing a show in Indy.
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
Big Cena chant before he made his way to the ring.
Cena had a big entrance with scores of kids dressed identical to him coming out on stage. That’s great.
Alicia Taylor did her big time ring announcements. As she was about to introduce Brock, out came Paul Heyman to do it.
The bell rang and Lesnar jumped Cena, sending him into the corner for some shoulders to the gut. Cena punched his way out of it, but Lesnar sent him to the mat with a clothesline, followed by another. Lesnar whipped Cena into the corner, raising welts all over Cena’s back.
Lesnar hit a British Bulldog style powerslam and then threw Cena out of the ring with a suplex. Cena climbed back in and Lesnar locked in a bear hug. Cena fought out of it, and hoisted him up on his shoulders, but Lesnar got free and hit another clothesline.
Lesnar took Cena back to Suplex City (hopefully in time for Suplexpalooza) and tossed him clear across the ring. Cena got up and shoved Lesnar into the turnbuckle. The then hit a dozen shoulders and two back to back AA’s. Cena hit a third AA and Lesnar kicked out at two.
Cena went for his You Can’t See Me Elbow, but Lesnar intercepted and delivered two F5’s. He landed a third F5, but seemed to be in pain doing so. Lesnar hit him again with an F5, bringing the total to four. He didn’t try to pin him though.
Cena staggered to his feet and Lesnar hit a fifth F5, then a quick sixth. Finally he pinned him and the ref counted 1,2,3 to give Lesnar the victory.
Winner: Brock Lesnar
Eat. Sleep. Squash. Repeat! Lesnar hit the referee with an F5, then hit Cena with another. They showed young fans in the crowd crying. Lesnar left. Cena took a long time getting up and walked to the back as fans chanted “Thank you Cena.”
The Usos vs. Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker (Special Guest Referee, LA Knight)
Once Indianapolis was satisfactorily YEET’ed, the bell rang and Reed and Jey kicked things off with a lockup. Reed came out the better and pounded Jey in the corners. Jey turned the tables with a kick to the ear and tagged in Jimmy. They double superkicked Reed and splashed him in the corner.
Reed fought back though and tagged in Breakker. Breaker isolated Jimmy in the corner and laid in some shoulders before throwing him outside. Breakker distracted ref Knight and Reed went for a chair, but Knight saw it and told him to stop. Jimmy picked it up and Knight “turned away” allowing Jimmy to nail Reed with the chair. That brought Breakker to the outside and Jey hit a splash from the top on all three of them.
Back in the ring, Jimmy and Reed fought in the corner, while Jey and Breakker battled on the outside. Breaker got the best of Jey and pulled the rope down so that Jimmy spilled back to the outside. Breakker took a running leap and hit a shoulder on Jimmy. He tossed him back in the ring and went for a cover. Before he could complete it though, he tagged in Breakker and they double teamed Jimmy.
Back on the outside, Reed tried the chair thing again, this time hitting Jimmy in front of Knight, but for some reason he allowed it. Reed tossed the chair and Jimmy back in the ring, with Uso clutching his left knee.
Reed set up the chair in the ring and after a back and forth, Jimmy went for the hot tag, but Reed got one first and Breakker stormed across the ring to take out both Usos. Reed got Jimmy up on his shoulders and Breakker bulldogged him from the top rope.
Breakker went for a pin and argued with Knight when it was only a two count. Reed tagged in and went for a senton, but Jimmy rolled away. When no one was looking, Jimmy set up the chair in between the ropes and lured Reed into it face first.
Jey reappeared on the apron and Jimmy finally got that hot tag. Breakker ran in and Jey punched him into the corner. He hit a crossbody on Breakker but only got a two count. Jimmy pulled a table from under the ring and sent it in to his brother. They both set it up in the middle of the ring, but Brekker and Reed popped up and took them out.
Reed set up the table in the corner with an assist from Knight, the ref. Jey staggered up and Breakker went for a spear, but Jey caught him in a superkick and Jimmy hit one on Reed. The Usos went for a 1D but Reed broke up the pin at two.
Reed put Jey up on the turnbuckle, but Jey fought him off. Breakker ran up for a frankensteiner and then Reed hit Jey with a moonsault. Jimmy got involved and ate a spear from Breakker. Jey then speared Breakker and went up top for an Uso splash, but Breakker would not go down and kicked out at two.
Knight and Reed began arguing at ringside, allowing Jey to hit a superkick and a dive through the ropes. Knight questioned if he was aiming at him, and Heyman threw a chair to Breakker to try and sneak a shot at Jey. Jey intercepted and went to hit Breakker, but Breakker ducked and Jey almost hit Knight. He then threw the chair at reed.
Breakker hit a spear on Jey coming across the ring, covered in Jey’s blodd. Breakker then speared BOTH Usos through the table in the corner. He set up Jey and Reed went up top for a Tsunami. That did it and Reed got the pin, 1-2-3.
Winners: Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker
— They showed The War and Treaty, the President of ESPN and Tyrese Haliburton in the crowd.
Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer
They showed WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton at ringside. The Women’s champions will face off at Crown Jewel for the Crown Jewel title.
They locked up and were feeling it out early. There were a number of near falls and they faced off. Vaquer attempted Devil’s Kiss but IYO blocked it and they nailed a big basement dropkick. They battled to the ropes where Vaquer snatched her arm in the hanging armbar. Vaquer avoided a sunset flip and nailed a legdrop for a two count. So far, solid.
They battled back and forth. IYO nailed a big backbreaker across the knee but wiped herself out in the process. IYO hit a big dive to the outside. The referee began counting them out. They battled. IYO attempted a sunset flip to the outside but Vaquer drilled her with knees. Vaquer worked over SKY and hit a springboard bodypress to the inside for a two count.
SKY nailed a German suplex and charged but was caught in a Vaquer German suplex. They continued to battle. IYO locked in a crossface. Vaquer tried to escape but nailed a knee strike. Vaquer used a Dragon Screw Legwhip while IYO was trapped in the corner. She went for the SVB but IYO escaped and used a takedown for a two count. She nailed Vaquer with a kick to the head. IYO went for a moonsault but Vaquer got her knees up.
Vaquer drilled IYO and went for Devil’s Kiss, executing it. Vaquer drilled her across the knee with the SVB, but IYO kicked out at the last second. Vaquer went for to the top but IYO drilled her. They battled on the top rope. IYO nailed a Spanish Fly but hurt the same knee Vaquer was working over earlier. Vaquer covered her for a two count. IYO made a comeback and nailed a double knee strike in tjhe corner. She followed up with a running knee to the face.
IYO went for the moonsault but Vaquer rolled out of the way. IYO hurt her knee. Vaquer went to the top and hit a spinning Torneo dive for the pin.
Winner and NEW Women’s World Championship: Stephanie Vaquer!
IYO presented her with the title belt.
AJ Lee and CM Punk vs. Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins
Rollins and Lynch entered in matching purple outfits, lowered from an elevated platform.
Punk came out first, then waited for AJ. They each had their own entrance music. The crowd chanted for Punk before he came out. Nice reaction for Lee as well.
They all faced off.
Punk and Seth faced off. Becky tagged in. She began shoving Punk and jabbing him. The crowd chanted for a GTS. Instead, he tagged in Lee. Becky nailed Punk and ran from the ring. Lee chased her but Becky tagged out. Becky and Seth embraced on the outside. Punk hit a dive n Seth and tossed him into the fans. Punk nailed a flying axehandle off the barricade.
Back in the ring, Rollins nailed a series of shoulderblocks in the corner. The referee argued with Rollins, allowing Becky to nail Punk. Punk distracted the referee, allowing AJ to do the same to Rollins, which the crowd loved. Punk and Rollins battled. Punk nailed an axehandle off the top. He went for another but Rollins drilled him. He went for the pedigree but Punk escaped and went for GTS but Rollins escaped and nailed him. Rollins worked over Punk’s back and sent to the floor. Punk was sent into the announcer’s table.
Punk was tossed back into the ring, where Rollins continued to work him over. He stomped on Punk’s hand as Punk went for a tag. Rollins kissed his wife, then drilled Punk across the back while he was draped in the ropes. Punk was worked over for a long time.
Punk finally hit a suplex to reverse the momentum. Rollins cuts Punk off, after teasing he was going to tag out, but instead manhandled Punk and pulled him away. Punk tried to muscle Rollins back to the corner and does so, but the referee didn’t see it. He stopped AJ, allowing Lynch and Rollins to work over Punk.
Rollins went to press and slam his wife on Punk but Punk moved so Lynch got hurt and rolled to the floor. Punk went for the tag but Lynch pulled her off the apron. Some good old school heel tag team shenanigans here. Rollins skipped around, mocking AJ, but Punk pulled him into a GTS. Punk was too beat down to capitalize. Punk tried to crawl away but Becky grabbed his leg. Punk still made his way to the hot tag and AJ hit the ring. Lee nailed a Thesz Press and went off on Lynch with punches. Lee naled another and worked over Lynch.
Lynch was hit with a splash in the corner. Lee rained down with punches in the corner then nailed a spinkick. Lee nailed a flying bodypress for a two count. The crowd chanted, “You still got it.” Lee paintbrushed her with slaps. Rollins returned to the ring and jawjacked Lee. She began slapping him. Lynch grabbed her for the Manhandle Slam but Lee escaped. Rollins grabbed Lee but Punk gave her an assist for a Sliced Bread #2. with Lee landing on Lynch, who she covered for a two count.
Punk drilled Rollins, leaving the women in the ring. Lee went for the Black Widow but Lynch escaped and went for the Disarmher. Lee turned it into thje Black Widow. Punk locked a Sharpshooter on Rollins. Lynch raked Punk’s face. Rollins superkicked Punk. Rollins broke up the submission but Lee locked it on her. Lynch attacked Lee. They nailed Punk and Lee with stereo Pedigrees for a two count.
They went for stereo GTS attempts. Punk escaped and nailed a Cactus clothesline, taking him and Seth to the floor. Lee escaped and hit an exploder. Lee set up but Rollins tripped her. Punk stomped Rollins. Lynch slapped Punk over and over. He grabbed her arm. She went to kick him. He grabbed her leg and shoved her down. Rollins got involved. Becky stomped Punk and cinched in a Sharpshooter on Punk. Punk powered dout and Becky begged off.
Punk locked her in a Sharpshooter. Rollins attacked Punk and nailed a Pedigree and set up for a stomp. Rollins covered Punk but AJ nailed the stomp. Becky nailed the Manhandle Slam but Lee kicked out at the last second. Seth and Punk brawled in the ring. The wives separated them and they started brawling. All four brawled. Punk and Lee cleared the ring. They followed. Punk tossed Seth over the announcers’ table.
Lee began clearing another announcing table. Punk cleared one as well. They all battled atop the tables. Punk went to GTS Seth but Becky tossed AJ into them. They crashed through the table. Lynch dragged AJ back to the ring to finish her off but Lee shocked her with the Black Widow and Lynch tapped.
Winners: CM Punk and AJ Lee
Punk and Lee celebrates as Lynch cried on the floor and Seth recovered. The crowd chanted for Lee after the bout.
— They noted the start time for WWE Crown Jewel on 10/11 will be 8 AM Eastern.
— The Undertaker’s music hit and he came out on the motorcycle. They showed Stephanie McMahon clapping for him in the first row. The man tried to kidnap and marry her! Undertaker joined her in the crowd and bantered. He announced she would the first inductee in the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Class. She seemed surprised and teared up. She hugged Undertaker. They showed WWE President Nick Khan congratulating her.
Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
They locked up and Drew backed up Rhodes into the corner, then broke free. Drew nailed him with an elbow and maintained the early control. Cody regains control and locks up Drew on the mat. Drew escaped but was knocked to the apron, where he was hit with a Disaster Kick. Drew was knocked to the floor and hit with a dive. Cody went for another but Drew snatched him and rammed his back backwards into the ring post. Drew nailed an overhead belly to belly suplex.
Drew and Cody battled back and forth. Drew charged but missed and his shoulder hit the ring post. Cody kicked at Drew from the apron but was knocked down to the canvas. Drew nailed an Alabama Slam onto the ring steps. Drew nailed a series of punches on the mat as Rhodes covered up. McIntyre went to the top but Cody met him there and nailed a big superplex. They battled. Cody caught him with a powerslam. Cody nailed a Disaster Kick.
Cody nailed the Cody Cutter for a two count. He set up for CrossRhodes but Drew drilled him with a knee and nailed the Glasgow Kiss. Drew nailed White Noise from the top, scoring a close two count. Drew set up for the Claymore Kick but Cody pulled him into a powerbomb. They battled back and forth. Rhodes locked in the figure four leglock.
Drew was sent into an exposed turnbuckle and hit with the CrossRhodes but Drew kicked up. Drew knocked him over the top to the floor with Drew crashing over as well. He tossed Cody in and nailed a Claymore for a close two count. Outside, the referee tried to stop Drew from hitting a Claymore into the announcing table. Drew attempted to do it anyway, but the delay allowed Rhodes to move and Drew hurt himself. The crowd chanted “Ref you suck.”
Drew was hurting but returned to the ring. Rhodes went for the Disaster Kick but was drilled with a Glasgow Kick. Drew went for the Claymore Kick but his leg gave out. Cody nailed the Cody Cutter and CrossRhodes, then scored the pinfall.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
We go to credits.
— Here is what’s in store for WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025 —
- John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
- AJ Lee and CM Punk vs. Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins
- The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs. The Vision (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed)
- Women’s World Championship match: Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer
- Undisputed WWE Championship match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
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