It’s official: “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio will likely be defending his Intercontinental Championship against Penta and Rusev in a Triple Treat at Saturday Night’s Important Event.
The news comes after Monday’s Intercontinental Championship Number One Contender’s match was stopped in its tracks by the interfering forces of Los Americanos, leaving neither Penta nor Rusev the definitive next challenger for Mysterio’s midcard title. Shortly after the trio of masked troublemakers spoiled Penta and Rusev’s match, Adam Pearce confronted current champion Mysterio, who was seen talking to Los Americanos mere moments before, in a backstage segment. Pearce interrogated Mysterio about his affiliation with Los Americanos, and the Mysterio sheepishly lied.
“I used to be just telling them that it’s pretty crazy that they’d do something like that, in attacking Penta and Rusev — a thought they got here up with all on their very own — because now, Penta and Rusev are going to go after them,” Mysterio claimed. “Which is crazy to me! I didn’t…I do not know in the event that they thought that through, to be honest.”
Pearce cut through Mysterio’s excuses swiftly, and clarified that Penta and Rusev weren’t concerned with Los Americanos, but with the Intercontinental Championship. Pearce ordered Mysterio to defend his Intercontinental Championship against the 2 contenders at Saturday Night’s Important Event, which is scheduled to reach in Salt Lake City come Saturday, November 1.
“No hablo ingles,” Mysterio weakly responded.
Penta and Rusev have been Mysterio’s most up-to-date challengers, but all of their attempts to grab the gold from Mysterio’s waist have left the challengers defeated and title-less. While Triple Threats inherently put the champion at a drawback, the no-disqualification stipulation of the match type could see Mysterio call on outside help to retain his title.
As of writing, Mysterio was been Intercontinental Champion since WrestleMania 41. By Saturday, his reign will break the 195-day mark.