This past Friday, Drew McIntyre shockingly defeated Cody Rhodes for the WWE Undisputed Championship in a Three Stages Of Hell Match on “WWE SmackDown” after Jacob Fatu interfered and ambushed each competitors. Despite striking McIntyre first, Fatu unleashed a brutal attack on Rhodes, which caused the “Scottish Warrior” to flee the Steel Cage and win the title. Before returning, Fatu had been out of motion for nearly three months after undergoing dental surgery, but based on Dave Meltzer in a brand new episode of the “Wrestling Observer Radio,” he was speculated to be involved within the feud between McIntyre and Rhodes if he was healthy.
“Originally they were going to do a three-way program with these guys but that is when Jacob was on the out list … I mean, I suppose Drew was still going to be wrestling Cody at the top at Survivor Series they simply moved it up and Drew was probably losing that match anyway. It didn’t materially change anything, but they were going to do a three-way program already they usually’d even began that.”
Going forward, it looks like Fatu will enter a feud with Rhodes, who presumably was involved with “The Samoan Werewolf” being attacked backstage in October, however it stays unknown whether each men will still be difficult for McIntyre’s WWE Undisputed Championship. Moreover, Meltzer believes that WWE will proceed with its initial plan they’d for all three performers before Fatu was sidelined.
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