Drew McIntyre won and lost the WWE World Heavyweight Championship within minutes after a stunning ending to the opening match at WrestleMania XL Sunday.
Scot McIntyre had netted an emotional victory over Seth Rollins to win the title in a hard-hitting bout.
But as the newly crowed champ took his prize to ringside to goad rival CM Punk who was on commentary, Punk turned the tables and attacked McIntyre.
Punk dished out a beating using his protective arm brace, with a prone McIntyre then set upon by Damian Priest who cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase in a shocking turnaround.
Rolling Drew into the ring and hitting a South of Heaven chokeslam, Priest scored a pinfall to win the title for the first time, and end McIntyre’s reign after just a couple of minutes.
Pat McAfee, also ringside on commentary, couldn’t contain his shock, exclaiming “holy s***!” on air.
McIntyre had made relatively short work of Rollins, taking advantage of the fact the Visionary had wrestled for over 45 minutes in Saturday night’s tag team main event involving The Rock, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes.
In a foreshadowing of what would await him later, the Ayr native hit Rollins with a Claymore immediately after the opening bell – one of four he’d go on to deliver during the match.
McIntyre himself survived a Pedigree and a Stomp through a table, but recovered to secure a huge win.
He then set his sights on Punk once more, throwing the gold on the commentary table and getting in the former world champion’s face before standing above him.
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Having seen and heard enough, Punk took out McIntyre’s leg before attacking him with the brace – setting up Priest’s ambush attack.
Priest had held the Money in the Bank contract since winning it in London at the event of the same name last summer.
