Drew McIntyre has seemingly thought of everything when it comes to being able to reclaim the WWE Championship in the coming weeks.
On tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, Drew McIntyre paid his fine and apologized to the referee for hitting him with a Claymore. He also “apologized” that his wife wishes he were more like him. McIntyre says his children have a corporate stooge as a father. This would finally bring out WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
McIntyre would attempt to antagonize Rhodes by mentioning his father, wife, and daughter, so he would attack him and lose his title. Aldis manages to restrain Rhodes, and McIntyre announces their match will be a Three Stages of Hell match at the SmackDown in Berlin on January 9 for the WWE Championship.
There have only been five Three Stages of Hell matches in WWE history. The latest one took place back in 2019 at NXT Takeover: Toronto when Johnny Gargano took on Adam Cole.
As for the WWE main roster, there hasn’t been a Three Stages of Hell match since 2013 when John Cena took on Ryback at Payback.
What is a Three Stages of Hell match?
For those unfamiliar with the match type, a Three Stages of Hell match is a two out of three falls matchup where each fall is a different stipulation.
As an example, we’ll look at the two matches above, the match between Gargano and Cole at Takeover featured the following falls:
- Fall One: Standard Match
- Fall Two: Street Fight
- Fall Three: Steel Cage
When it comes to the match at Payback between Cena and Ryback, the three falls for that match were as follows:
- Fall One: Lumberjack Match
- Fall Two: Tables Match
- Fall Three: Ambulance Match
As of this writing, the falls for this Three Stages of Hell match are unknown.
Stay tuned to WrestleZone for more information as it becomes available.
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What do you make of Drew McIntyre’s stipulation announcement? Are you looking forward to the Three Stages of Hell match next month when SmackDown heads to Berlin? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
