WWE WrestleMania April 09 2018, full show match updates and video highlights

Matt Hardy won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Matt Hardy won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle
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#4 The Miz (C) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor (Intercontinental Championship match)

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Rollins is a Grandslam Champion

Seth Rollins was the first person to come out and his entrance was an homage to the White Walkers from Game of Thrones. He even wore light blue contacts that made him look even more like the Night's King.

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The Miz came out next and banished his cronies from ringside, telling them that he would win the bout by himself.

However, it was probably Finn Balor who had the best entrance of all as he paid tribute to the LGBT community.

After a number of attempted small packages, Rollins clotheslined The Miz outside the rope. Balor then attempted to roll-up the former ROH man before sending him outside the ring and connecting with a suicide dive.

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Balor got The Miz inside the ring and connected with a number of knife-edge chops before he was felled by a flying crossbody. Rollins followed up with a blockbuster on The Miz for a nearfall.

The Miz then hit a flying axe handle on Rollins before grabbing a chin lock. He then proceeded to work on Balor by putting the Irishman in a sleeper. Balor made a brief comeback which was capped off with an overhead kick to The Miz, who was seated on the top rope.

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The Architect hit Balor with a sling-blade and followed up with a suicide dive, but The Miz hit him with a DDT for a nearfall. The defending champion then proceeded to put both Rollins and Balor in a Figure-Four leg lock. Just when The Miz looked like he had Balor in a spot of bother, Rollins hit a frog splash to make the save.

Rollins teased hitting Balor with a buckle bomb on the barricade, but the former Universal Champion reversed and connected with a slingblade. Balor then hit Rollins and Miz with shotgun dropkicks before hitting the Shield member with 1916.

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Rollins performed a couple of high spots and hit Balor with a nasty falcon arrow. In the ensuing chaos, The Miz hit his finisher on Rollins but couldn't get the victory. Balor momentarily stunned the reigning champion and teased a Coup de Grace.

The three men found themselves on the top rope, allowing The Miz to hit Super Skull Crushing Finale on Rollins. Balor broke up the pin with a Coup de Grace. He then had the champion dead to rights when Rollins hit both of them with a Blackout before hitting his finisher one more time on The Miz to win the Intercontinental Championship.

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Rollins also left WrestleMania as a Grandslam Champion.

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Result: Seth Rollins defeated The Miz and Finn Balor to win the Intercontinental Championship

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