Wwe Championship Match Reported As Wrestlemania 42 Front Runner

As of Friday day of this week, very fewer matches for WrestleMania 42 had been locked into spot by nan WWE imaginative team. The 1 objection appears to beryllium Becky Lynch defending her Women's Intercontinental Championship against AJ Lee.

But we are starting to get a amended thought of what nan WWE Championship segment will look for illustration successful a fewer months.

WrestleMania play was wholly turned connected its caput erstwhile Drew McIntyre won nan WWE title from Cody Rhodes connected nan January 9 version of Friday Night SmackDown, and nan Scottish Warrior is now expected to bent onto nan strap heading into April.

Prior to McIntyre's astonishing victory, Rhodes was reportedly penciled successful to take sides nan title successful Las Vegas against Roman Reigns.

The pivot distant from what would person been their 3rd brushwood successful 4 years was made by WWE Chief Content Officer Paul 'Triple H' Levesque, according to nan Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer.

"There are those who did deliberation Reigns vs. Rhodes was nan measurement to go, but Paul Levesque changed his mind, and each nan imaginative successful that guidance went into nan trash," Meltzer wrote successful nan latest version of nan Wrestling Observer Newsletter. "Regarding immoderate rumors of a Rhodes bottommost turn, we were told it’s not happening now."

Cody Rhodes whitethorn nary longer beryllium nan WWE Champion, but he is expected to stay successful nan title image for nan adjacent fewer months astatine least.

Could The American Nightmare make Royal Rumble history adjacent weekend?

Cody Rhodes became nan first man to state for nan yearly Royal Rumble Match this past Friday nighttime connected SmackDown. A triumph would make him only nan 2nd man successful WWE history to triumph nan lucifer 3 times, joining Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The folks complete astatine BodySlam put retired a caller study connected Friday day that whitethorn make immoderate group put their money connected Rhodes making history adjacent Saturday successful Saudi Arabia.

"Sources bespeak to Bodyslam that Drew McIntyre is presently expected to locomotion into WrestleMania arsenic nan Undisputed WWE Champion. As of correct now, a rematch pinch Cody Rhodes is nan apt lucifer astatine WrestleMania 42."

If Cody does not triumph nan Men's Royal Rumble Match, he tin gain his rematch against McIntyre by winning nan Men's Elimination Chamber Match adjacent period successful Chicago.

Rhodes being nan frontrunner to go nan No. 1 Contender up of WrestleMania 42 does look to squash immoderate hopes that fans whitethorn person astir Sami Zayn yet triumph nan large 1 this year. He is reportedly successful statement to get a changeable astatine nan title, but that lucifer would return spot anterior to The 'Showcase of nan Immortals'.

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