#2: Gran Metalik became the unexpected #1 contender for AJ Styles' Intercontinental Title
A Fatal-4-Way Match between Shorty G, Drew Gulak, Lince Dorade, and Gran Metalik was arranged by WWE to determine the #1 contender for AJ Styles' Intercontinental Championship.
The match itself felt like an impromptu decision to throw a bunch of competitors together at first, but nobody thought that someone like Gran Metalik could win this opportunity. This was an unexpected decision for all the good reasons since WWE fans expected Drew Gulak to win here.
Gran Metalik is a wildly talented WWE Superstar, but The Lucha House Party isn't one of the hottest tag teams that the company has produced in recent memory.
After Metalik's victory, WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles entered the ring and underestimated Metalik's spirit, as the challenger dropped The Phenomenal One to prove that he isn't just messing around here.
Daniel Bryan has joined WWE SmackDown's creative team, in case you haven't heard, and putting that into context, it makes sense why the show went ahead with some unique decisions as far as Superstars like Big E and Gran Metalik are concerned.