Gunther retains the Intercontinental Title to kick off WWE SmackDown

Tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown kicked off with an anticipated throw for the Intercontinental Championship between Ring General Gunther and The Beast Among Men Braun Strowman. Gunther couldn’t beat Strowman like he did with his other opponents, so he decided to target Strowman’s only weakness at the moment, which was his previously injured arm. Gunther relentlessly targeted his arm, causing Strowman to give up several attempts to lift the champion. It eventually became too much to handle, and while Strowman was able to fend off the rest of Imperium later in the match, he couldn’t beat Gunther, allowing the champion to hold his own.

Strowman and Gunter spun around each other for a bit and then Strowman pushed the champion away. Gunther walked out of the ring and regrouped for a bit and then locked up again, but Strowman got the best of the exchange. He pushed the champ to the ground and then punched him in the face before slamming into Gunter and knocking him onto the announce table.

Gunther came back with a vengeance, and tried to stop Strowman by focusing on the previously injured superstar’s arm. He locked her in a painful grip and then started stomping on his arm and hitting her with knee jabs and a vicious kick. Gunther continued to keep his arm in his sights, then applied more pressure to the star’s shoulder and elbow.

Strowman returned with punches, but Gunter countered, knocking out the challenger again. A knee went down on the injured arm and Champion followed suit, but he was kicked out. This was followed by grabbing another arm, and he tried to grab Gunther but his shoulder came off instead. Gunther kicked him and then made contact with a cut in his chest.

Strowman was able to get back to his feet and started to build up some momentum, but then the rest of Imperium took advantage of the distraction and came out to attack the challenger. They took some blows to the injured arm, but he managed to knock them out of the ring. Gunther took the opportunity to land one punch but then Strowman knocked him down and stopped the momentum from swinging back in Ring General’s favor.

Strowman was able to reverse his hold and pick up the champ and hit him hard, and he was on his injured arm no less. Pieces were exchanged and then Strowman ate Boots in the face but slammed Gunther and went for cover, only to be knocked out by Gunter. More chops were exchanged but Strowman brought the champion back down with a clothesline. He pulled into the corner but Gunther got out of the way and hit the turnbuckles. A clothesline and drop kick followed and Gunther covered the challenger, but was knocked out.

Gunther got on top and hit Splash into the cover, but Strowman kicked out. He climbed to the top but was followed by Strowman. Gunther attacked the wounded arm again and went down, then was slashed massively and slammed his fist into the pole. He then picked up Gunter Strowman and hit him with a cap, getting the pin and the win. Gunther is still your champion in Interconintental.



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