Baron Corbin Defeats Trick Williams to Win United States Championship at SummerSlam

Baron Corbin is the brand new United States Champion after defeating Trick Williams at WWE SummerSlam on Sunday, closing out a rivalry that started weeks earlier.

Corbin returned to WWE on July 10 after roughly two years away and instantly focused Williams, attacking each him and Carmelo Hayes earlier than reducing vignettes vowing to take the title, in accordance with Bleacher Report. A collection of shock confrontations adopted within the weeks main into SummerSlam, culminating within the title match, as documented in WWE’s personal vignette protection.

The end concerned outdoors interference. Lil Yachty, described in protection as a good friend of Williams, appeared at ringside through the match and prompted a distraction that Corbin exploited, in accordance with Bleacher Report. Corbin then used the championship belt on Williams earlier than hitting his End of Days finisher for the win, a element additionally reported by Cageside Seats.

The win ends Williams’ reign with the title and offers Corbin his first championship since returning to the corporate. Williams had held the belt by means of a run constructed partly on decisive victories over top-tier competitors, making Corbin’s use of out of doors assist and the belt itself a notable wrinkle in how the title modified palms.

Whether Williams will get a direct rematch, and what function Yachty performs going ahead, stays to be seen heading into WWE’s subsequent televised reveals.