Clash at the Castle (2022)

Clash at the Castle
Promotional poster featuring Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre with Cardiff Castle in the background
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateSeptember 3, 2022
CityCardiff, Wales
VenuePrincipality Stadium
Attendance62,215[1]
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The 2022 Clash at the Castle was a professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE. It was the inaugural Clash at the Castle and took place on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This marked WWE's first major stadium event to take place in the United Kingdom since the 1992 SummerSlam and the company's first UK PPV overall since Insurrextion in 2003. The event's title was a reference to Cardiff Castle, situated near the Principality Stadium. An event was not held in 2023 but it was scheduled to return in 2024 in Scotland.

Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. In other prominent matches, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Matt Riddle, Gunther defeated Sheamus to retain SmackDown's Intercontinental Championship, and in the opening bout, Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky) defeated Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka in a six-woman tag team match. The event was also notable for the main roster debuts of NXT's Giovanni Vinci, who rejoined Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser to reform Imperium, and Solo Sikoa, one of Reigns' cousins and the younger brother of The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), thus officially joining The Bloodline stable.

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