Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
• Steel Cage Match [Full Match]
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event #39 May 24, 2025
• Steel Cage Match [Full Match]
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event #39 May 24, 2025
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00:00And tonight it will end inside a steel cage.
00:08Drew, it feels like we're stuck in a cycle.
00:16We sabotage each other until we destroy everything.
00:20I'm banged up, frustrated, but most of all, I'm pissed off at myself
00:30for getting stuck in this vortex that is Drew McIntyre's petty, childish, vindictive, endless cycle.
00:40That so-called Drew McIntyre vortex you're in is the only reason you're relevant.
00:47You're obsessed with me.
00:50You look at me and you see everything you've ever wanted.
00:54I am better than you in every single way.
00:58At Backlash, I would have been a Grand Slam champion if it wasn't for you.
01:04This has to end.
01:07At Saturday night's main event,
01:08I want you to feel real pain.
01:13I want this to happen inside a steel cage.
01:16Only one man is going to walk out of that cage.
01:22The other is leaving on a stretcher.
01:26Anarchy.
01:27Violence.
01:28I hope this is what you wanted, Drew,
01:30because it's what you're going to get.
01:32The cycle ends here.
01:34And tonight is nearly two-year-old rivalry ends inside that structure.
01:46Thanks.
01:46The steel cage where you win via escape, pinfall, or submission.
01:51In a match presented by Dude Wipes,
01:53because wetter cleans better,
01:55it is a steel cage match.
01:57Priest McIntyre live on NBC.
02:00NXT.
02:12Tomorrow.
02:13With the lines of battle having been drawn,
02:15tensions are high.
02:17No surrender.
02:19The Dark Angels.
02:20The Juggernaut.
02:22Battle for the NXT Women's title.
02:24No retreat.
02:24For the first time ever,
02:26the TNA Championship will be defended
02:28on a WWE Premium Live event.
02:32No fear.
02:36WWE Battlegrounds.
02:39Ladies and gentlemen,
02:41the world champion,
02:42Jey Uso,
02:42on our main event tonight.
02:44We'll defend against Logan Paul
02:45here on Saturday night's main event.
02:48Jey Uso.
02:54Been a long time.
02:57John Cena.
02:59Last time I seen you,
03:01I threw you out the window,
03:02Royal Rumble, Uso.
03:06That's good.
03:08Very funny.
03:11I'm glad you remember the last time we saw each other.
03:14I'm looking forward to the next time I see you.
03:20You see,
03:20there's something special about you being from one of the most
03:23prestigious families in the history of our industry
03:27and losing the World Heavyweight Championship
03:30to Logan Paul.
03:33Wouldn't it be something
03:34if when my clock strikes zero,
03:37I take this championship home with me
03:41and that championship is around the waist
03:45of a YouTuber.
03:48Sounds like that would almost
03:50ruin wrestling.
03:55Gosh,
03:55that's a lot of pressure for the match tonight.
03:59Good luck, champ.
04:01I'll be watching closely.
04:02Not on Jey Uso's mind
04:07as he defends the world title tonight.
04:09Many legends here tonight
04:10at Saturday night's main event as well,
04:12including
04:13Ilani Kai,
04:16former women's champion,
04:17two-time tag team champion,
04:19competed against Wendy Richter
04:20in the first ever
04:21WrestleMania.
04:23Also here tonight,
04:24the legendary
04:25Native American star
04:27Tataka
04:28once went 82 singles matches
04:30without a loss.
04:31He was in three WrestleManias,
04:3318
04:34premium live events
04:35in his career.
04:36And speaking of legends,
04:37joining us here at ringside,
04:38the governor,
04:39Jesse DiBatti Ventura.
04:40Now,
04:41Jesse,
04:41back in January 1986,
04:43you competed here on Saturday night's main event
04:45in Tampa.
04:46Let's take it to the tape
04:46and tell us what happened.
04:48Well,
04:48what happened here
04:49is I set a record
04:51never before
04:52in the history of broadcasting
04:54had somebody gone
04:56from the broadcast booth
04:58down to the ring,
05:00wrestled,
05:00and when he was done
05:02went back up
05:03and finished the broadcast.
05:05And now,
05:05as I understand it,
05:07my colleague,
05:08this guy right here,
05:11McAfee,
05:12tried to steal my record
05:14by getting into the ring
05:17as a color commentator.
05:18How dare you
05:19try to do what
05:21Jesse Ventura did.
05:23The only reason
05:24that I'm not
05:24blasting you right now
05:26is because you lost.
05:28And Jesse won.
05:29And I won.
05:30Let's get set
05:30for the steel cage match.
05:31Let's go to Lillian Garcia.
05:33That's why you're the body, brother.
05:35Well, actually,
05:36actually,
05:37I admire Pat for doing it.
05:40He's the second,
05:41no,
05:42he's the second broadcaster
05:43in history
05:44to climb into a ring.
05:46There are no countouts
05:47and no disqualification.
05:49None of them do it.
05:50The only way to win
05:51is by pinfall,
05:53submission,
05:53or escaping the cage
05:55through the cage door
05:56or climbing over the top
05:58with both feet
06:00hitting the floor.
06:02I'm actually undefeated
06:03at WrestleMania, Jesse,
06:04but who wants to talk about that?
06:07Certainly not this man.
06:09You're undefeated.
06:11Who the hell did you wrestle?
06:12I was not good, body.
06:17He's never lost.
06:18Hey, I'll tell you
06:19something here, guys.
06:20I don't understand
06:22why McIntyre would agree
06:24to get into a cage.
06:25He's 3-0
06:26in steel cages
06:27in his career.
06:28I don't care.
06:29You can,
06:30he's a good-looking guy.
06:31You can be a good-looking guy
06:33and after a steel cage match,
06:35you ain't good-looking anymore.
06:37Ugly,
06:39nasty,
06:40steel cage.
06:45Introducing first,
06:46Premier Scotland,
06:48weighing in at 275 pounds,
06:51Drew McIntyre!
06:54A couple prior steel cage matches
06:56in Saturday night's main event history.
06:58Both included Hulk Hogan,
07:00one against Paul Orndorff,
07:01the other against the big boss man.
07:05Drew McIntyre
07:06is on a mission
07:07to destroy Damien Priest, Jesse.
07:10Oh, yeah,
07:10and I'll tell you this.
07:12I can say this honestly, Pat.
07:15If it were Saturday night's main event
07:17back in the 80s,
07:18I do not think NBC
07:20would allow
07:21a cage match on TV.
07:23So,
07:24the times indeed
07:25have changed
07:26when you can get
07:27a cage match
07:28on NBC.
07:30Well,
07:30they certainly have,
07:31and what these two men
07:32are about to do
07:32to each other
07:33inside of it,
07:34it's about to be tough
07:35to watch,
07:36I do believe,
07:36buddy.
07:37Well,
07:38you know,
07:38the object is to escape,
07:41but I got the feeling
07:42neither one of these guys
07:43give a damn
07:44about escaping.
07:45Well,
07:45ladies and gentlemen,
07:46in this steel cage match
07:48tonight on Saturday night's
07:49main event
07:50is presented by
07:51Dude Wipes
07:53because wetter
07:54cleans better.
07:56For Drew McIntyre,
07:57this started a couple years ago
07:59at WrestleMania
07:59when he won the world championship,
08:01held it for just over five minutes
08:02before Damien Priest
08:04cashed in Money in the Bank
08:06to take the title
08:06from McIntyre,
08:08and ever since then,
08:09these men have detested
08:10one another.
08:11Go TV!
08:16The thing about this too,
08:26Pat,
08:26remember this,
08:27when a cage match happens,
08:29you're not going to see
08:30much wrestling.
08:32Oh, fight!
08:34Exactly.
08:34I've been in a few of them
08:42in my career,
08:44and there's something that
08:45you kind of want to forget about.
08:53And here's a opponent,
08:55from New York City,
08:57weighing in at 249 pounds,
09:01Damien Priest!
09:03You know,
09:04recent history between these two,
09:06Priest eliminated McIntyre
09:07from the Rumble,
09:08eliminated McIntyre
09:09from the Chamber,
09:10McIntyre caused Priest
09:11to be eliminated
09:12from the Chamber,
09:13McIntyre won at WrestleMania,
09:15they were in a fatal
09:16four-way war
09:17where a self of heaven
09:19was delivered
09:19from the stands
09:20to a table,
09:21Priest had his teeth
09:22knocked through his cheek,
09:24McIntyre almost knocked out
09:26cold,
09:27serious neck injury
09:28from that,
09:28and tonight they do it
09:29inside a steel cage.
09:31And like I said,
09:33I do not believe
09:3435 years ago
09:35you would have had this
09:36on network television.
09:38Well, you've got it tonight
09:39on NBC.
09:43Damien Priest,
09:44who recently had
09:45what he called
09:46the highlight of his career,
09:47and McIntyre
09:48wasted a little time
09:49going right after
09:50Damien Priest,
09:51and that's where
09:52they're locked in the cage.
09:54Door's not been shut.
09:56You know,
09:56they may not even
09:57get to the cage.
09:59Well,
09:59they've been fighting
09:59all over the place,
10:00just look at what
10:00happened on SmackDown
10:01last night.
10:03Drew McIntyre
10:03said it's on site.
10:04Uh-oh.
10:05Remember,
10:05no disqualifications
10:06in this matchup,
10:07and McIntyre
10:08going to take
10:08full advantage
10:09as he sends
10:12some steel chairs
10:13into the ring.
10:14He brings some luggage
10:15with you inside
10:15that steel cage.
10:17Door slammed shut,
10:18and the match is underway,
10:20and Priest catches him
10:20with a right hand.
10:22Any strategy, Jesse,
10:23in a match like this?
10:24No,
10:25it's what it is,
10:26survival.
10:28This is about survival.
10:30Surviving in there,
10:31you're going to get
10:32your face rammed
10:33into the fence.
10:34You know,
10:35turnbuckle,
10:36turnbuckles will be
10:38outdated right there.
10:40You know,
10:40you see that?
10:41He ain't looking to
10:42hit up the minute
10:42into a turnbuckle.
10:43He's looking to
10:44put his head
10:45through the fence.
10:46So, Jesse,
10:46how do you mentally
10:47prepare yourself
10:48for going inside
10:49a steel cage
10:50off the flatliner?
10:51Well,
10:52my best attitude
10:53was get ready.
10:55You're going in there
10:56for the fight
10:57of your life,
10:58and it's survival.
11:00To me,
11:01you go in a cage,
11:02it's about surviving
11:03the cage.
11:05When I was making
11:06earlier,
11:06I called it a career high
11:08when Damian Priest
11:09a couple of weeks ago
11:09Pat was inducted
11:11with a star
11:11on the Bronx,
11:12New York Walk of Fame
11:14that it was so important
11:15to him and his family
11:16as Priest now looks
11:17to put McIntyre away.
11:20Well earned,
11:20well deserved
11:21for Damian Priest
11:22as he's getting
11:22his eyes gotched
11:23by Drew McIntyre.
11:24No rules.
11:25Again,
11:25everything legal
11:26in this matchup.
11:28Yeah,
11:28you know,
11:29that's the difficult
11:30thing here,
11:31too.
11:32Your referee
11:32the only thing
11:34the referee
11:35can do
11:35is count him out.
11:36And Stephanie
11:37was gone
11:37in this matchup
11:38as McIntyre
11:40has taken control.
11:41Drew claims
11:42that Damian
11:42is obsessed
11:43with him,
11:44that he's been
11:44drawn into
11:45the Drew McIntyre
11:46vortex.
11:47And now Priest
11:48sent it
11:48out of the steel cage.
11:52McIntyre
11:53has taken over.
11:59Drew McIntyre
12:00trying to escape
12:01the cage here
12:01on Saturday night's
12:02main event.
12:03Damian Priest
12:04trying to intercept
12:05McIntyre
12:05and Cole
12:06at ringside
12:06with the legendary
12:07Governor
12:07Jesse the Body
12:08Ventura
12:09enjoying this
12:10matchup tonight.
12:11And Jesse,
12:11it's been physical.
12:12I will tell you
12:13this,
12:13I ain't so much
12:14enjoying it,
12:15I'm feeling the pain,
12:16too.
12:16Oh, no,
12:17speaking of pain,
12:18Priest looks like
12:19he was going to go
12:20for the razor's edge
12:21and McIntyre
12:21just saved himself.
12:23Hey, yo,
12:23that would have been
12:24game, set, match.
12:26Damian Priest
12:27would have been able
12:27to climb up
12:28over this fence
12:28and get the hell
12:29out of here.
12:30A lot of these guys
12:31have been eating steel
12:32here since the beginning.
12:33McIntyre now,
12:34top rope,
12:35Priest able to duck
12:36underneath.
12:38Big kick by Priest.
12:40McIntyre back up,
12:41Priest catches him,
12:43Priest down,
12:44South Manhattan
12:44chokeslam,
12:45Priest for the win,
12:46cover on McIntyre,
12:48and a kick out at two.
12:50Oh, two and a half.
12:52And that is Priest's
12:53bread and butter moves.
12:54But you know what,
12:56close only counts
12:57in horseshoes
12:58and hand grenades.
12:59Indeed.
12:59And bocce,
13:00and that is close
13:01right there.
13:03A cuttable atmosphere
13:04here tonight
13:05in Tampa.
13:06Saturday night,
13:06Savannah,
13:07MBC.
13:08Is this the final
13:09chapter in the
13:10rivalry between
13:11Priest and McIntyre
13:12inside a steel cage?
13:14Priest now maybe
13:15trying to escape
13:16up over the top.
13:17One feet would have
13:17to hit the floor
13:18and McIntyre
13:19playing defense.
13:22Couldn't get the
13:22one, two, three,
13:23so he said,
13:24I'm going to climb
13:24the cage and get
13:25the hell out of here.
13:26Drew McIntyre
13:26says,
13:27I'll see you at the top.
13:29I don't know.
13:30If he gets away,
13:31he'll make it.
13:32Dangerous division
13:33here.
13:33But I don't think
13:33he's getting away.
13:36McIntyre's got him
13:37hooked.
13:38He's got him
13:39hooked.
13:39He's looking to
13:40grab the tights
13:41and get a grip
13:41when he gets that.
13:44Oh, yeah.
13:44No more flex.
13:46Priest coming
13:47from the top
13:48of the cage.
13:51Pip-op through
13:52McIntyre.
13:53And McIntyre's
13:55ready to put
13:55Priest away.
13:56What a move
13:58that was, huh?
13:59Looking for the
14:00Claymore.
14:02Three, two, one.
14:05Claymore by McIntyre
14:07for the win
14:09inside the cage
14:11and a kick out
14:12by Priest.
14:15Tampa's on fire.
14:17I'll tell you,
14:17you know,
14:18I want to keep
14:19trapped to these
14:20referees and their
14:21timing on this
14:22one, two, three.
14:23Every ref has
14:26their own count.
14:27That's certainly
14:28a piece of
14:28information you have.
14:29They all have
14:30their own count,
14:31but they need to
14:32be consistent with
14:33that count throughout
14:34the entire match.
14:36Indeed it is.
14:37The sold-out crowd
14:38of the Engling Center
14:39in Tampa, Florida
14:40roaring their
14:42approval for this
14:43steel cage match
14:44between McIntyre
14:45and Priest.
14:47They're both
14:48down to guts
14:49right now.
14:50Look it,
14:50they're both
14:50out of gas.
14:51Yeah, tremendous.
14:52Nobody's got
14:53nothing left
14:53in the tank
14:54right now.
14:55Well, they've
14:55been through wars,
14:56Jesse, over the
14:57past number of
14:58months.
14:59I mean, just
15:00tonight, the
15:01tanks are emptying.
15:03Well, maybe not.
15:04Second win perhaps
15:04coming from both
15:05McIntyre and Priest.
15:07And Priest
15:08using that martial
15:09arts background
15:10in a big right hand.
15:12These men will
15:12fight forever,
15:13and they have,
15:15if you let them.
15:17Damien Priest.
15:18And Priest
15:18now into the
15:19corner.
15:20Every piece
15:21of his body's
15:21a weapon.
15:22A weapon to
15:22Claymore, Priest
15:23hung on.
15:24Averted disaster
15:25there.
15:26For the win,
15:27another cover
15:27near fall.
15:33And McIntyre
15:35delivering his own
15:36south of heaven.
15:38Taking Priest's move,
15:39and Priest able
15:40to kick out
15:41at two.
15:43Jesse, what does
15:44McIntyre have to do?
15:45Well, he's got to
15:48speed up the
15:49ref count.
15:50Okay, obviously,
15:51other than that
15:52body, I think
15:53Drew McIntyre saw
15:54Damien Priest
15:55try to play more
15:56earlier and said,
15:56is that funny?
15:57I'm going to use
15:57your move, too.
15:58These two have
15:59fought each other
15:59so much, I assume
16:00they know each
16:00other inside and
16:02out.
16:02Yeah, Priest.
16:02And obviously,
16:04no one has any
16:05move patented to
16:07themselves because
16:08certainly anyone can
16:09do anything in there.
16:10Priest, as tough as
16:12they come.
16:14McIntyre now staring
16:15back down at the
16:15steel chair that he
16:16sent into the ring
16:19before this matchup
16:19even started.
16:20Now going to use it
16:22as a weapon and
16:22right to the midsection
16:24of Priest.
16:24and unloading to
16:26the spy.
16:27And then again,
16:28no disqualification
16:30so the one and
16:32only time you can
16:33get away with that
16:34stuff in the ring.
16:35Again, your point
16:36that the official
16:37only counts the
16:38pinfallers, the
16:39submission in this
16:39matchup.
16:41Other officials
16:42outside the ring to
16:43see if both feet
16:44hit the floor.
16:44So they did a full
16:45paycheck then if
16:47that's all they got
16:47to do.
16:47Of course.
16:48Putting themselves
16:49in danger, obviously.
16:50They're in a steel
16:50cage.
16:51Jesse, they have
16:51the McAfee deal.
16:53Always get paid in
16:55full, brother.
16:56They got the
16:57McAfee deal, huh?
16:59No, because I mean
17:00they don't have to
17:01do anything but
17:02count pinfall.
17:03I would think you'd
17:04get a discount on
17:05that.
17:06Well, McIntyre now
17:07believes he's got
17:08this one won as he
17:09drags Priest back
17:11up.
17:12Oh, now look at
17:13the way that
17:15chairs position.
17:16This is how
17:16McIntyre beat
17:17Priest in
17:18WrestleMania.
17:19But tonight the
17:20Claymore misses
17:22Priest.
17:23Into the chair
17:24goes McIntyre.
17:26And now it's
17:26Priest's opportunity.
17:28With the chair.
17:29He goes low.
17:32Can he go high?
17:35Yep.
17:35And Priest down.
17:38Oh no, the chair
17:39right to the throat.
17:45And Priest down
17:46with another
17:47south of heaven.
17:49McIntyre
17:50having problems
17:50breathing here.
17:51might have
17:54trouble eating
17:55for the next
17:56few months
17:57too.
17:59Priest better
17:59quit looking
18:00around at the
18:01crowd and finish
18:02him off when
18:03he's got the
18:03shot.
18:04Priest has got
18:05a mouse growing
18:05under the left
18:06eye.
18:07He's dinging
18:08around too much.
18:09Well, wait a
18:10minute.
18:10I believe he
18:11doesn't want to
18:11pin McIntyre
18:12here.
18:13He wants to
18:13punish the man
18:14that's made his
18:14life a living
18:15hell for the
18:15last two years.
18:16A concerto
18:17potentially here.
18:19Well, McIntyre
18:22is in trouble.
18:22He's thinking
18:23concerto cold.
18:24Damian Priest
18:25with McIntyre
18:26isn't moving
18:28center of the
18:29ring.
18:29Priest
18:29with said
18:32concerto.
18:33That is the
18:33same move
18:34that he used
18:35to eliminate
18:36his mentor.
18:38The man who
18:38invented the
18:39concerto
18:40edge a number
18:41of years ago.
18:41And tonight
18:43he uses it
18:44against his
18:44arch enemy.
18:46Drew McIntyre
18:47and Priest
18:48now staring
18:48back at Drew.
18:51He's wasting
18:52too much time.
18:55Drew McIntyre
18:57has not moved.
18:59Damian Priest
19:00will walk
19:01out of the
19:02ring.
19:03Instead of
19:04pinning
19:05McIntyre,
19:06he'd rather
19:07deliver the
19:08ultimate insult
19:09embarrassing
19:11McIntyre
19:12and waltzing
19:13out of the
19:14ring to win
19:15the steel cage
19:16match.
19:17Wait a minute.
19:18Here is your
19:19winner,
19:21Damian Priest.
19:23Wait a minute.
19:25How do you
19:26win it going
19:27out the door?
19:28That's the
19:28road.
19:29What kind
19:32of BS is
19:33that?
19:33He can walk
19:35out the door.
19:37As we take a
19:37look at the
19:38match replay
19:38presented by
19:39Dude Wipes
19:40tonight,
19:40McIntyre
19:41critical error
19:42there,
19:42just by
19:43Damian Priest.
19:44And listen,
19:45Priest could
19:46have defeated
19:47McIntyre with a
19:49pin here after
19:49this, Pat,
19:50the concerto,
19:51but Damian Priest
19:52after all these
19:53two men have
19:53went through
19:54wanted the
19:54satisfaction of
19:55being able to
19:56walk out of the
19:57cage on his
19:58own power with
19:59his head held
20:00high.
20:00A definitive
20:01victory tonight
20:02over Drew
20:04McIntyre.
20:05I'll throw in
20:06there and say
20:06he's walked
20:07down like a
20:07coward.
20:09Well, that's
20:09your take,
20:10Jesse, of
20:10course, but
20:11nonetheless,
20:12McIntyre...
20:12He could have
20:13at least gone
20:13over the top
20:14of the cage
20:15if he's
20:15going out.
20:16McIntyre...
20:17He walks
20:17out the
20:18door.
20:18Give me a
20:19break.
20:19The one who
20:20is being
20:21attended to
20:21by emergency
20:23medical personnel.
20:24Boy, that was
20:24exciting, wasn't
20:26it?
20:26Walking out
20:27the door.
20:28Well, that's
20:28how you win a
20:29steel cage match.
20:30Pitfall submission,
20:30escape will
20:31feed at the
20:31floor.
20:33Turned his
20:33back on Drew
20:34McIntyre after
20:35the concerto and
20:36walked out on
20:37him, Bodhi.
20:38He thinks it
20:39was probably a
20:40show of
20:40greatness if
20:42you ask
20:42Damien Priest.
20:43Well, he
20:44might think so,
20:45but I think
20:46he should have
20:46gone out over
20:47the top.
20:48He's not
20:48walked out
20:49the door.
20:52Damien...
20:53I mean...
20:54Put Drew
20:55McIntyre
20:55in position, huh?
20:56Why didn't
20:57he call up and
20:58have the limo
20:58driver waiting
20:59to open it
21:00for emergency
21:02medical personnel
21:03attending to
21:04McIntyre off
21:06the concerto.
21:08McIntyre, he
21:10wants to walk
21:11out on his own
21:12power.
21:12Well, ladies
21:12and gentlemen,
21:13we are moments
21:14away from our
21:15main event here
21:16tonight, the
21:17world champion,
21:18Jey Uso.