Bronson Reed walked into WWE RAW with his eyes set on a title match, and he walked out with one, becoming the new Number One Contender for Gunther’s WWE Intercontinental Championship.
During tonight’s episode of RAW, Reed defeated Ricochet and Chad Gable in a Triple Threat Match to earn a title match against Gunther. Reed won after hitting both men with a huge senton late in the match, before ending things with a Tsunami to Ricochet for the pin and win.
For a brief recap of how the match ended, check out below courtesy of our live, play-by-play coverage:
Ricochet gets dumped out of the ring. Reed runs over Gable. Gable and Ricochet beat down Reed in the corner. Ricochet and Gable try to whip Reed out of the corner, but he puts on the brakes. Reed launches both men out of the ring. Reed leaps off the apron into a dropkick from Ricochet. Gable half nelson suplexes Ricochet on top of Reed. After the break, Reed Samoan drops Ricochet and Gable at the same time.
Ricochet superkicks Reed into a German suplex by Gable. Reed falls out of the ring. Ricochet lands a dive. Ricochet rolls back in and gets put in an ankle lock by Gable. Gable cranks the hold. Ricochet rolls out of the hold and lands a running knee. Ricochet goes up top. Gable cuts him off and hits a German suplex off the top. Ricochet lands on the feet, but his knee buckles. Gable grabs Ricochet and hits the Choas Theory. Reed immediately lifts Gables and slams him on top of Ricochet. Reed flattens both men with a senton. Tsunami by Reed. Reed pins Ricochet.
Winner and NEW Number One Contender, Bronson Reed!
