Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship on Monday night. McIntyre countered out of an RKO and threw Orton off the ropes to set up a Claymore Kick for the victory. ... AJ Styles took the WWE title off Jinder Mahal on SmackDown less than two weeks out from Survivor Series 2017.

Who won between Orton and Drew?

Photo credit: WWE.com. Randy Orton defeated Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match at the same-titled pay-per-view on Sunday to win the WWE Championship and become a 14-time world champion in WWE.

Why did Orton lose to Drew?

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter has now revealed that the key reason for Orton losing the WWE Championship was to make Survivor Series more interesting. The backstage belief was that Randy Orton would lose to Roman Reigns at the show thus making the main event lackluster.