Warning: The following contains a Spoiler for Friday’s WWE SmackDown:
At Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings from the Tucson Convention Center in Arizona, Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler to capture the Intercontinental Championship. Kofi pinned Dolph to capture the belt when Vickie Guerrero came out and demanded that the match be restarted. It was restarted and Kofi won again, walking away champion.
Later in the tapings, there was a #1 Contender’s match for the World Heavyweight championship with Drew McIntyre vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show. Vickie Guerrero came out and added Dolph Ziggler to the match. Ziggler pinned Cody Rhodes to become the number one contender. Former Nexus member Wade Barrett came out during the match and attacked the Big Show.
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As the new #1 contender, Ziggler likely challenge for Edge’s title at the Royal Rumble.
