Original Plans For Botched Match On WWE Raw Revealed

There’s absolutely no denying that Gunther is on a roll as he recently became the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time. However, there are a number of WWE stars who are looking to take the gold from Gunther, and several of them competed in a fatal four way match on Raw this week.

The Miz, Ivar, Bronson Reed and Ricochet faced off against one another, but the finish for the match did not go as planned. The Miz pinned Bronson Reed while Ivar pinned Ricochet and original plans called for a double pin. However, Ricochet kicked out at the last second and The Miz was declared the winner of the match.

Dave Meltzer recently discussed original plans for the match on Wrestling Observer Radio and revealed that the finish was supposed to lead to a singles match between Ivar and The Miz.

“Adam Pearce was gonna go in and make the announcement that because of what happened, we’re gonna have a match next week between Miz and Ivar, and the winner of that would face Gunther – that’s how it was originally booked.

“The plan is to do Miz vs Ivar, and the moonsault that Ivar did on Miz was kind of an impromptu thing to have an excuse to do that match.

“The original plan with Miz and Ivar was for Miz to win, and it was Gunther vs Miz (at Survivor Series)… Unless they change their plans, it’s gonna end up Gunther and Miz.”

H/T WrestleTalk.com