Summary

Jacob Fatu defeated Drew McIntyre in an unsanctioned match at WWE WrestleMania 42 Saturday after both men turned the bout into a weapons-heavy fight.

Fatu jumped McIntyre before he could finish his entrance, and the match kept that pace from there. McIntyre answered with a dive to the outside, used his brother's phone to record himself while he was on offense, and later brought a wrench, chairs and the referee's belt into the fight.

Fatu absorbed plenty of punishment along the way. He hit a pop-up Samoan drop early, connected with a moonsault that McIntyre survived, then kicked out after McIntyre landed a Claymore. McIntyre also shoved Fatu from the top rope to the outside, sending him through a table.

Winner

Jacob Fatu won by pinfall after hitting McIntyre with a toolbox and following it with a moonsault through a table.

How WrestleMania 42 changes Jacob Fatu's path

Jacob Fatu's win gives him a major WrestleMania result over one of WWE's most protected names, and it came in a match built around chaos rather than technical wrestling. That matters because Fatu had already framed this feud as a violent collision when he warned Drew McIntyre ahead of Unsanctioned WrestleMania 42 match, and the finish backed that up on the biggest stage.

For McIntyre, the loss came only after he threw everything he had at Fatu, including a wrench, chairs, the belt and a Claymore. That keeps the result from feeling one-sided, but Fatu leaving WrestleMania 42 with the final table spot and the pin gives WWE a clear reason to keep his momentum high coming out of the weekend.

Sources

As reported by NoDQ