Last week on Friday Night SmackDown a fatal five way match took place to determine who would challenge Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania and it ended in controversy. Sheamus and Drew McIntyre both scored a pinfall which was counted by two separate referees, so a singles match was set up for SmackDown this week.
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus went to war on Friday night, but the match ended in a disqualification when Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser of Imperium interfered. After the DQ finish Adam Pearce appeared on the screen and announced that Gunther will now be facing both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre at Mania in a triple threat match.
.@ScrapDaddyAP makes it official!
It's going to be a Triple Threat Match for the #ICTitle at #WrestleMania! @WWESheamus vs. @DMcIntyreWWE vs. @Gunther_AUT!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Yg73ic2ak2
— WWE (@WWE) March 18, 2023
WrestleMania 39 will air live from SoFi Stadium on April 1 and April 2 and the current card can be seen below.
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes
SmackDown Women’s Championship
Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley
Raw Women’s Championship
Bianca Belair vs. Asuka
United States Championship
John Cena vs. Austin Theory
Intercontinental Championship
Gunther vs. Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre
Hell In A Cell
Finn Balor vs. Edge
Brock Lesnar vs. Omos
Logan Paul vs. Seth Rollins (night 1)
Trish Stratus, Becky Lynch, Lita vs. Damage CTRL
