Mysterio retains Intercontinental title after Americano interference

Dominik Mysterio retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Monday night’s episode of Raw, defeating AJ Styles in a rematch of their SummerSlam title bout after outside interference from masked luchador El Grande Americano. The match, held on Raw in the build toward next week’s AAA Worlds Collide in Las Vegas, ended with Mysterio pinning Styles following a frog splash after Americano pulled Styles off the apron and struck him, allowing the champion to secure the fall.

The rematch reprised the bitter rivalry that has dominated Raw this summer. Styles pushed the action early and nearly had the match in his control, positioning Mysterio for a potential Styles Clash and later setting up the Phenomenal Forearm. Mysterio briefly looked to have been put away, but Americano surfaced from beneath the ring and removed Styles from the apron, delivering a headbutt while appearing to use the steel plate concealed under his mask. Mysterio returned to the ring and finished with a frog splash for the pin.

The finish drew a parallel to SummerSlam, when Mysterio retained the title by striking Styles with a removed ring boot, a tactic that generated criticism and questions about the...