During SmackDown Friday, Rey Mysterio replaced Santos Escobar, defeating Austin Theory and winning the WWE United States Championship.
The scheduler for yesterday’s program was title match Between the young champ and the Mexican fighter who won the championship a few weeks ago.
However, the Austin Santos theory attacked Escobar and injured him in the behind the scenesand attacked him again on the slope, making it impossible for him to fight back.
Oh come on 😡😡😡@_Theory1 just attacked @employee behind the scenes! #smack down pic.twitter.com/8xINvq6iHb
—WWE (WWE) August 12, 2023
Faced with this situation and after the champion’s insults to the fans, Adam Pearce ordered him to defend the WWE United States Championship against Rey Mysterio.
The Hall of Famer was quick to avenge the attack on him stableAnd it ended up being a victory in less than three minutes.
Rey Mysterio landed twice 619 that it splash In theory Austin defeated him and thus won the WWE United States Championship.
What a moment 👏👏👏@Rey Mysterio Brings the gold medal of the tournament #LWO!#smack down pic.twitter.com/Wh2b4s3WmU
—WWE (WWE) August 12, 2023
Later, WWE announced that the new United States Champion would be Grayson Waller’s guest on the upcoming SmackDown, in another version of the Grayson Waller Effect.
next week in #smack down
The new trademark #US Champion @Rey Mysterio I will join @employee On the #GWEffect! pic.twitter.com/0ezrKvwr3j
—WWE (WWE) August 12, 2023
Did you expect this capture of the WWE United States Championship by Rey Mysterio?
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