– As noted, Seth Rollins lost the WWE Intercontinental Title to Dolph Ziggler on tonight’s RAW after issuing an Open Challenge. WWE posted this post-match video of The Kingslayer making his exit from the arena.
– Kurt Angle announced Brock Lesnar next title defense will be the winner of a multi-man match at WWE Extreme Rules.
Angle teased a big announcement after speaking with Stephanie McMahon earlier in the evening, and announced the match in the ring. Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley came to the ring and made their cases for facing Lesnar, and Kurt announced both of them would be in the match. Angle said he would announce more details about other competitors at a later date.
No word yet on when the winner of the match will get their title shot but it’s likely to take place at the August 19th WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.
Extreme Rules takes place on July 15th from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.
– Tomorrow’s WWE SmackDown will feature a Gauntlet Match with The Miz, Samoa Joe, Rusev, Daniel Bryan and Big E. The winner will go on to face WWE Champion AJ Styles at the July 15th Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Below is a promo for the show:
Tomorrow night on #SDLive, a #GauntletMatch will determine who will face #WWEChampion @AJStylesOrg at #ExtremeRules! #RAW pic.twitter.com/AIWESTEfHl— WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2018
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