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GUNTHER To Defend Intercontinental Title At Money In The Bank

By John Canton • Published 26th June 2023
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There will be an Intercontinental Championship match at Money in the Bank as GUNTHER looks to continue his incredible reign.

GUNTHER has held the WWE Intercontinental Title for more than one year. If the title reign goes into September then he could surpass the Honky Tonk Man’s record for the longest IC Title reign of all time.

Before the Intercontinental Champion can break the record, he has to deal with a new opponent at Money in the Bank: Matt Riddle.

For the past month, GUNTHER and Riddle have had issues in various segments and matches. Riddle “injured” Giovanni Vinci of the Imperium group in a backstage setting.

Matt Riddle also beat Ludwig Kaiser on last week’s Raw. However, after the match, GUNTHER and Kaiser attacked Riddle including an attack that saw the dominant IC Champion stomp on the lower left leg of Riddle.

On the June 26th edition of Raw, they showed an interview with Riddle from earlier in the day when he challenged GUNTHER for the IC Title at Money in the Bank. During the show, Kaiser and GUNTHER interrupted a Riddle interview with another cheap attack. At that point, GUNTHER accepted Riddle’s challenge.

The next WWE Premium Live Event is Money in the Bank on Saturday, July 1st in London, England. Here’s what we know so far:

* Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa vs. The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)

* Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: LA Knight vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ricochet vs. Butch vs. Santos Escobar vs. Damian Priest vs. Logan Paul

* World Heavyweight Championship: Seth “Freakin” Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor

* Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Bayley vs. Zelina Vega vs. Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark vs. IYO SKY vs. Trish Stratus

* Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio

* Intercontinental Championship: GUNTHER (c) vs. Matt Riddle

* Women’s Tag Team Championships: Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan

You can watch WWE Money in the Bank on Saturday, July 1 at a special start time of 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT, streaming live exclusively on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else.

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