{"id":734174,"date":"2026-06-13T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734174\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:44:12","slug":"gunther-reveals-stipulation-for-wwe-undisputed-championship-rematch-vs-cody-rhodes-on-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/734174\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunther Reveals Stipulation for WWE Undisputed Championship Rematch vs. Cody Rhodes on SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Gunther revealed that his upcoming rematch with Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship will have a unique referee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Gunther told SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis that he picked Sami Zayn as the referee for his clash with Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;For my title match next week with Cody, the referee for that match will be none other than Sami Zayn,&#8221; Gunther told Aldis (0:37 mark). &#8220;Make it happen, please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The stipulation entered the picture following the initial match between Gunther and Rhodes at Clash in Italy on May 31, as the latter defended his title and emerged victorious in a\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25429702-cody-rhodes-beats-gunther-controversial-finish-retain-wwe-title-clash-italy-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">controversial finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After Rhodes hit Gunther with his Cross Rhodes finisher, he secured the pin to win the match. The Ring General&#8217;s foot appeared to be under the rope when the referee started the count, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Gunther\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WWE\/status\/2063050374445957402?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">confronted<\/a>\u00a0Rhodes about the finish during the ensuing episode of SmackDown and the stipulation was agreed upon, but the two were interrupted by Zayn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">A brawl broke out shortly afterwards, with Rhodes accidentally taking out Zayn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While Rhodes and Zayn have\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/cody-rhodes-randy-orton-jey-uso-sami-zayn-vs-the-vision-smackdown-highlights-jan-30-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">teamed up<\/a>\u00a0in the past, Gunther still chose him as the referee for their championship match on June 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gunther revealed that his upcoming rematch with Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship will have a unique&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-734174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}