If sheamus swapped pushes with...

[BIG DUNC]

drew mcintyre, would anyone complain? I mean rewind a few months, they're both as credible as eachother, sheamus has just come off ECW, and drew has this whole endorsement from mr mcmahon thing.

if sheamus had started a feud for the intercontinental title, and drew was this scottish ass kicking machine(or they went with a whole different angle to make him champion), would it be any less believable than it is now? This is my biggest problem with sheamus, he doesnt feel like champion in the way lesnar did and i could just as easily have accpeted drew.

Note im not saying here that i think drew should be champion, he is just the best example i can think of to use off the top of my head. i just mean i don't see how it would be any less credible.

[manstis1804]

I would've complained when it happened but seeing Drew McIntyre work in person completely changed my opinion of him. He is a really really good brawler, and pretty much made the rest of the Smackdown roster look like they weren't even trying at the Dec. 26 house show in Greensboro. And Sheamus would be a fine IC champ, he's pretty good on the mic and is athletic and strong enough to be credible.

[Tapout]

I would've accepted Drew if they had really played very heavily on the McMahon endorsement and had McMahon appear onscreen week after week to pat McIntyre on the back, shake his hand, and knowingly, wink-winkingly tell him "don't worry, you'll win," followed by interference and screwjobs for all of McIntyre's opponents every single week, leading up to McIntyre's match Cena. Basically, what Kennedy's push could've and should've been.

McIntyre's gimmick would've been the undeserving corporate heel who got the strap off Cena because McMahon unfairly favored him, but it would also have put Cena in an Austin-like anti-corporate babyface role. Which who knows, could've been interesting.

[Dynamite Kid]

Jesus Christ, yes. I would. I'm annoyed that Sheamus is champion but I'll take him over Drew f***ing McIntyre.

[Lionheart]

There would still be some complaining about Drew based on people thinking it was too soon, but not as much as with Sheamus. The level of complaining based on his inherent merits would probably be about the same, since opinions of Drew as a worker and talked are apparently pretty mixed.

I don't think people would have too much of a problem with Sheamus as IC champ...sure, some people wouldn't like him, but there wouldn't be the outrage.

[indymadman]

Vince McMahon could mail $100 bills to people on here and they'd complain that they don't need a handout.

As of now, it seems is Ryder is the IWC darling... and if he won the title people would complain...

However, like one said earlier... I don't mind people discussing wrestling, including who they like and don't like, as long as the conversations are intelligent.