WWE’s latest international PLE started off with somuch promise and finished in a heavy rain of boos and anger from 11,000 Scottishfans, a scene more reminiscent of the Vince McMahon era than the current iterationof the company. Clash at the Castle: Scotland featured a lean card of fivematches, three of which boasted Scottish wrestlers to give fans plenty ofreason to stay invested throughout the night, particularly with the main eventof Drew McIntyre vying for the World Heavyweight Championship in what initiallyfelt more like a coronation than a competition. While Clash was a pretty good show overall, it was marred bysloppy wrestling in one match and questionable booking decisions in two others.
Triple H has mostly been a logical, linear – if sometimes boring – booker whenit comes to storytelling, and that’s generally a good thing. But he also sometimestakes far too long to get to a major development. Nowhere is this truer than the IntercontinentalChampionship feud between Sami Zayn and Chad Gable, which felt like it should havereached the next chapter Saturday night but instead just spun its wheels foranother day.
Fans were heavily invested in McIntyre’s quest, but WWE hadother plans, which led to a far less than favorable response from the crowd. Itmight be a minute before WWE heads back to Scotland. Still, there was plenty to like about this show, including asweet home country moment for a tag team.
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