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A big match that was announced for tonight\u2019s March 20 episode of WWE SmackDown will no longer be taking place after a car crash.<\/p>\n
The Undisputed WWE Championship scene heading into WrestleMania 42 has seen some significant changes, with Drew McIntyre dropping the title to Cody Rhodes a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n
This led to Rhodes defending the title against Randy Orton<\/a> at WrestleMania, while McIntyre splits off into a separate match against Jacob Fatu, who cost McIntyre his match against Rhodes.<\/p>\n However, even though McIntyre and Fatu has been planned for WrestleMania, they were actually set for a match against each other tonight on SmackDown.<\/p>\n Instead, the show opened with a brawl in the parking lot that seemingly started with a car crash.<\/p>\n It appeared as though McIntyre had purposely collided his car into Fatu\u2019s, then attacked Fatu afterwards until WWE officials intervened.<\/p>\n McIntyre then came out to the ring but was cut off by SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis who berated him for his actions.<\/p>\n McIntyre made things personal with Aldis, bringing up Aldis\u2019 son Donovan, saying he\u2019d be ashamed to have such a \u201ccorporate stooge\u201d for a father.<\/p>\n Fatu then managed to recover from McIntyre\u2019s attack earlier and brawled with him at ringside \u2013 which ultimately resulted in Fatu splashing McIntyre through the announce table.<\/p>\n While WWE SmackDown is still playing out as of this writing, plans ahead of the show reported by PWInsider Elite<\/a> state that the McIntyre vs Fatu match is not expected to take place tonight, and they are set for another \u201csegment\u201d later in the show as opposed to an official match.<\/p>\n Drew McIntyre Unfortunate Heading Into WrestleMania 42<\/p>\n Drew McIntyre is perhaps the biggest casualty of WWE\u2019s multiple changes in plans for WrestleMania 42 this year.<\/p>\n In January, he won the WWE<\/a> Championship from Cody Rhodes, and at that point, plans were for McIntyre to walk into Mania as champion and defend against Rhodes.<\/p>\n However, WWE creative led by Triple H made the decision not to re-run McIntyre vs Rhodes as they\u2019d had several matches in the weeks and months prior, instead opting to go with Rhodes vs Randy Orton as the WWE Championship match.<\/p>\n This is far from the first occasion McIntyre has been snubbed from a main event spot like this, and whether it\u2019s the right decision or not, he has every right to feel aggrieved about it.<\/p>\n To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, follow us on Threads by clicking this link<\/a>!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wrestling-masterclass-9-stars-webp-768x127.webp.webp\")
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