Penta to defend Intercontinental title on WWE Raw
A match for the Intercontinental title is set for Raw.
It was announced on Sunday by Adam Pearce that new champion Penta will defend against the Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable). This is based off a segment from last week’s show that saw Americano wish Penta the best of luck in his upcoming title match, saying he wanted a future title match. Penta agreed and went on to become champion, defeating Dominik Mysterio after miscommunication between Mysterio and his Judgement Day stablemates.
Aside from John Cena’s short reign with the title, Mysterio had held the Intercontinental title since WrestleMania 41. Shortly before the match on Monday he ran into Danhausen, who had made his debut a few days earlier. The meeting didn’t go down well and the new WWE personality ended up cursing Mysterio, perhaps leading to his downfall shortly thereafter.
Chad Gable returned to WWE as the masked Original El Grande Americano at the Royal Rumble and has been feuding with the second El Grande Americano (Ludvig Kaiser) since then. In AAA, the new Americano has been a face while the original has been a heel while on main roster WWE television, those roles have been reversed.
The updated lineup for Raw:
WWE Raw (March 9)
- Intercontinental title: Penta defends against Original El Grande Americano
- Women’s Intercontinental title number one contender’s gauntlet match: Raquel Rodriguez vs. Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY vs. Asuka vs. Ivy Nile
- Oba Femi vs. Rusev
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