Prior to tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw going on air, an announcement was made via social media through Raw General Manager Adam Pearce regarding the men's Intercontinental Championship.
At WrestleMania 41, coming up on April 19th and April 20th, Bron Breakker will defend the intercontinental title against Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, and Penta in a Fatal 4-Way match.
For context, Breakker has been at odds with all of these guys for the past several weeks in one way or another. Penta had declared that he would be going for the title as the next phase of his career after being on a winning streak, which actually ended with his first pinfall loss when he teamed with Breakker against Mysterio and Balor. There was a miscommunication where The Judgment Day stepped out of the way and Breakker ended up spearing Penta, so Penta blamed Breakker on the loss.
Meanwhile, Finn Balor has been gunning for this title for a while, even though he's actually failed at winning it. This is a point of contention that Liv Morgan had brought up when Balor said he would use the tag team victory as a means to request a title shot, as in Morgan's eyes, Dominik did just as much to win that match and hasn't lost an opportunity at the Intercontinental Championship like Finn has.
The plan out of last week was for Morgan to talk to Adam Pearce after Balor, and it appears that's what happened. This has, to no surprise, created even more tension within The Judgment Day, with Morgan trying to explain that having two members of the group vying for the title improves their numbers. The continued facetious tones and fake approval of each other is about to break, and it's doubtful The Judgment Day makes it out of WrestleMania as a unit without booting out Finn Balor, or worse.
With this in mind, as well as another announcement for the Women's World Championship, this brings the current card for WrestleMania 41 to the following lineup:
- AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
- Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
- Triple Threat for the Women’s World Championship: Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley
- Fatal 4-Way Match for the Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Finn Balor vs. Penta
- Triple Threat Match: CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
- Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena
Who do you think will win the Intercontinental Championship match? Drop your predictions in the comments below!