We anticipated the Intercontinental Championship would be on the line at MITB.
The prime title from the WWE Raw brand is not present on the show. Brock Lesnar is not present on the scene to defend the title on a regular basis. Seth Rollins is doing the duty by defending his championship on a weekly basis.
It is a good way to keep the Intercontinental Championship prestigious than ever. The Architect of the Shield has proven to be one of the all-time great IC title-holders in his short reign. He won it back at Wrestlemania 34. He defended the title on several occasions against the likes of Finn Balor, The Miz, Mojo Rawley, Samoa Joe, Jinder Mahal and more.
The next challenge for the Intercontinental Championship is set. It will happen at the MITB PPV event. Seth Rollins will face Elias for the mid-card title on June 17th. WWE.com provided an official update on their website to announce this brand new contest,
“At WWE Money in the Bank, Elias will attempt to put on his greatest performance yet when he goes to war with the fighting Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins.
Will Elias play himself into his first championship reign in WWE? Or will Rollins engineer the sinister musician’s swansong? Find out who will emerge from the WWE Money in the Bank with the coveted title on Sunday, June 17, at 7 ET/4 PT, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network.”
It is the fifth championship match to be added to the MITB match card. The WWE title, Raw and Smackdown women’s title and the Smackdown tag team titles will also be on the line on this upcoming night. WWE has overall confirmed nine matches for the upcoming show on the WWE Network.
Seth Rollins was up against Jinder Mahal on WWE Raw over his IC title. He brought in a chair to assault the challenger making the contest disqualified. Elias showed up once the match was over. He smashed his guitar on Rollins’ back to hand him a minor injury. WWE EMTs took him to the local medical facility after this assault.
We speculated that this match is inevitable to happen at one point. The official announcement for the Intercontinental title match came in less time than expected. It is going to be the first opportunity for Elias to grab the prestigious title.