Penta wins Intercontinental title on WWE Raw
A new Intercontinental Champion has been crowned.
Penta defeated Dominik Mysterio on Monday to win the title for the first time. The finish had Mysterio posting Penta and asking his Judgement Day stablemates Finn Balor and JD McDonagh to give him the bell hammer at ringside. McDonagh went to get the hammer but Balor stopped him, saying this was something Mysterio needed to do on his own. Penta then took out both with a dive, dodged a 619 attempt by Mysterio back in the ring, then laid out Mysterio with the Mexican destroyer for the win.
Mysterio had been champion since Survivor Series, defeating John Cena. Aside from Cena’s short reign with the title, Mysterio had been champion dating back to last year’s WrestleMania.
Penta defeated El Grande Americano to earn a future title match last month. On tonight’s show, Mysterio asked Balor and McDonagh if they would be out there for him. McDonagh said yes, but Balor was hesitant, saying he thought this was something that Mysterio had to do on his own. Mysterio replied saying he only wanted them out there to celebrate with him after he retained the title. It was only then that Balor agreed to be at ringside.
Shortly before the match, the Judgment Day ran into one of WWE’s newest stars, Danhausen. The meeting didn’t go down well, leading Danhausen to put a curse on Mysterio.
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