WWE Raw video highlights: Drew McIntyre vs. AJ Styles vs. Riddle

By Joseph Currier
Published: 29 Jun 2021, 05:54

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Drew McIntyre secured his Money in the Bank spot by winning a last chance qualifying match on last night’s Raw.

McIntyre defeated Riddle and AJ Styles in a triple threat match last night to qualify for Money in the Bank. It was originally supposed to be McIntyre, Styles, and Randy Orton in the match, but last night’s show began with Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville saying that Orton couldn’t compete due to circumstances beyond their control.

Riddle, who already qualified for Money in the Bank on his own by defeating McIntyre last week, wanted to wrestle on behalf of his RK-Bro partner Orton. Pearce and Deville gave Riddle a spot in the battle royal to determine Orton’s replacement. Riddle won the battle royal by last eliminating Damian Priest.

During the last chance qualifying match, Riddle was taken out when Styles moved out of the way and he kicked the steel steps instead. But Riddle returned and appeared to be on the verge of winning the match for Orton. He caught Styles with a knee strike as Styles was going for the Phenomenal Forearm. Riddle then gave Styles an RKO, but Omos pulled Styles out of the ring as Riddle was pinning him.

Riddle then turned around into a Claymore from McIntyre and McIntyre pinned him to get the win.

Ricochet, John Morrison, Riddle, McIntyre, and Big E have qualified for this year’s men’s Money in the Bank ladder match thus far. A Last Man Standing match between Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn on this Friday’s SmackDown will determine one of the three remaining participants.

If McIntyre wins Money in the Bank, WWE has said that he’ll have to wait until Bobby Lashley is no longer WWE Champion if he wants to cash in for that title. A stipulation of McIntyre’s loss to Lashley at Hell in a Cell earlier this month is that McIntyre can’t challenge for the WWE Championship again while Lashley is still champion.