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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Mar 7, 2022 20:53:58 GMT -5
Martel
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 7, 2022 21:02:02 GMT -5
This may be a weird one to say, and it may be entirely due to my thought that the white strap belt would have looked good with his attire:
But Damien Sandow during his "Intellectual Savior" period I think would have been an interesting IC Champion. Again, might be slight bias thinking the title of the time would have looked good with his robe.
Waltman, whether as 1-2-3 Kid or X-Pac, not getting the IC title is a bit of a surprise to me. Had they not had plans for Michaels to get it, I could imagine a good pop coming had him as Kid gotten the title from Jarrett.
Matt Hardy had won every other middle title he was eligible for, so it's a slight surprise that he didn't join Jeff in the IC Title holder club.
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Post by sungod2020 on Mar 9, 2022 9:11:53 GMT -5
Another odd pick, but I really wanted Snitsky to win it, preferably in 2005 after his feud with Kane finished up.
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Post by buckethead on Mar 15, 2022 15:39:23 GMT -5
Paul Orndorff
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Mar 15, 2022 16:47:58 GMT -5
Tazz in 2000. I thought after defeating Angle at the Rumble, it was a natural that once Angle won the IC title, Tazz would've taken it off of him.
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Post by saneiac on Mar 17, 2022 20:53:42 GMT -5
Big Boss Man. He had that long feud with the Bobby Heenan where he had to go through every member of the Heenan family week after week until he finally got Heenan's crown jewel, Intercontinental champion Mr. Perfect, at Wrestlemania 7. Which Boss Man won. By countout. And somehow that ended the feud and Boss Man moved on to the feud with Nailz.
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Post by AKIMan64 on Mar 17, 2022 20:59:09 GMT -5
Dean Malenko would've been a great fit as Intercontinental Champion given the emphasis on it being the "workhorse" title. Maybe had he came to the WWE during the New Generation Era, he could've had more of an opportunity to have a solid run with the belt.
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Post by grungesmurf on Mar 17, 2022 21:16:49 GMT -5
Hakushi have a 9-12 month run with the belt until losing it to the 1-2-3 Kid in a ladder match on one of the big ppvs.
Wish they never turned him face.
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Post by flowercity on Mar 17, 2022 21:38:51 GMT -5
X-Pac around 1999 would have been a great choice to win it. He was red-hot. Love this idea. Could have brought back the title to its in ring prestige days of the 80s. X Pac was never given the opportunity to really work a match like he was as 123 Kid. |
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Post by eudypfohl on Mar 17, 2022 21:52:54 GMT -5
If Arn Anderson could've gotten a solo run in the WWF sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, I feel he would've been an outstanding Intercontinental Champion
Also...with how over he was maybe they could've put the belt on Duggan for two weeks or something. I understand back then the belt meant something and wasn't to be passed around like a hot potato, but it would've been a cool, unexpected moment
Jake Roberts absolutely could've had a run with the belt anytime during his first stint with the company, though he didn't at all need it
Possibly Savio Vega at some point? Though again it would've been a short run
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 23:57:16 GMT -5
In the years before his departure to Hollywood they were struggling with Cena storylines for mania with Brock/Roman dominating the title scene and HHH vanity matches taking up a lot of the build so you had him in forgettable matches like the Taker squash or The Miz tag match as well as beating up Elias.
Having him determined to capture the one title he had never held could have given us decent matches with Balor or Lashley.
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Post by sungod2020 on Mar 18, 2022 18:47:40 GMT -5
Big Boss Man. He had that long feud with the Bobby Heenan where he had to go through every member of the Heenan family week after week until he finally got Heenan's crown jewel, Intercontinental champion Mr. Perfect, at Wrestlemania 7. Which Boss Man won. By countout. And somehow that ended the feud and Boss Man moved on to the feud with Nailz. That would've made sense as a culmination of the feud with The Heenan Family and he was one of the most over babyfaces they had on their roster, so it's baffling he didn't win it then, or even try to chase it afterwards until he won it. It's possible they were prepping to win it to capitalize on his singles push, since he was more of the "IC title type" than Bossman and they didn't want to do a face vs. face match at Summerslam, so maybe that has something to do with it. I guess if you want to have Bossman as IC champ while keeping Bret Hart's push in tact, you can have him win it from Perfect at Wrestlemania and then lose it on the next Saturday Night's Main Event. That was taped on April 15th, but aired on April 27th, so depending on how you want to look at it(through kayfabe or in reality), that gives The Big Bossman roughly a month title reign where belts weren't normally passed around that quickly with the shortest IC title reign up to that point being Ricky Steamboat's 65 day run, which was only cut short due to him wanting to spend time with his newborn son. So yeah, not alot of room during that time. Also, Big Bossman went onto feud with The Mountie, Nailz didn't debut until over a year later. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2022 20:12:32 GMT -5
I have long felt that Hercules should have had a brief run with it after his babyface turn and the DiBiase feud. There just really wasn't a way to wedge it in that made sense without cutting into Warrior's push. This is where only having three titles in that time period hurt guys. Another secondary title, like a TV Title would've given them more to do instead of having random matches to fill out a card. You say hurt, I say helped. Back then being a champion meant something. Now, everyone gets a turn with a belt like their kids get participation trophies. |
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Post by MrElijah on Mar 20, 2022 17:08:41 GMT -5
After the HBK nonsense at Summerslam '96, how about Vader as IC Champion in 1996?
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Post by sungod2020 on Mar 20, 2022 18:27:51 GMT -5
This is where only having three titles in that time period hurt guys. Another secondary title, like a TV Title would've given them more to do instead of having random matches to fill out a card. You say hurt, I say helped. Back then being a champion meant something. Now, everyone gets a turn with a belt like their kids get participation trophies. How does having one midcard title HELP others on a roster, especially when having an extra championship can make them MORE over than they were before? I agree that not everybody should be a champion, and today is crazy but there were times where having extra titles helped those who wouldn't have tasted gold otherwise with the three title system. During the Attitude Era, there were SEVEN titles given the stacked roster at the time and I think it worked. Hell, not everybody was ready or over enough to be Intercontinental Champion, so let them have something, hence the European title. It could've been seen as a stepping stone to the IC title and beyond. Once the brand split happened, the titles were consolidated accordingly. I think someone on the level of "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan or Bad News Brown could've benefited with a tertiary title given their position on the roster. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 22:52:36 GMT -5
I’ve always kinda thought most of the NXT Champions would have been better off if they went straight to the main roster and went after IC or US gold. NXT is only seen by like 1/3 of the
Audience and there’s much disconnect between an NXT in the main roster, most of their defining story arcs took place on a show that nobody watches. Then when they brought up their “blank from NXT!!” which really doesn’t define who they are, and they are stuck in this weird upper midcard spot and just thrown out there to sink or swim. Where I feel had they just debuted on raw or Smackdown and went after ic gold most wouldn’t have been busts.
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Post by koreycaskets on Mar 23, 2022 1:24:36 GMT -5
If Waylon Mercy stayed around longer he would have been a really fun IC Champ.
Chris Candido not being comedy lower mid card guy, as IC Champ could have been interesting as well.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 23, 2022 2:37:35 GMT -5
Martel is the first guy that comes to mind. I guess it was just bad timing as the peak of his push was 90-91 which coincided with Perfect. I guess he could've been the heel transition champion to get the belt from Bret to Piper in early 92 instead of Mountie. Although I guess you could argue losing the belt in two days is worse then not winning it all. I'm guessing Piper would've at least sold more for Martel and not eat him up and make him look basically like a job guy like he did Mountie as I guess they were friends IRL however it still would've been a credibility blow to lose a belt so quick. I'm also guessing that with Martel leaving for a bit in 91 that Vince probably had his mind up that he didn't want to really push him much anymore.
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Post by petef3 on Mar 23, 2022 7:45:41 GMT -5
Hercules? Snitsky? Seriously? And even as a kid I never believed a big, gimmicky guy like the Boss Man was ever going to win the title.
I can get on board with Rick Martel, or maybe Paul Orndorff. Otherwise, the list of IC champions who shouldn't have won the title is longer than the list of guys who should have and didn't.
Generally it's the champion who makes the belt, not the other way around. Adding another midcard title wouldn't have added much to expansion-era WWF as best I can tell.
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Post by Instant Classic on Mar 23, 2022 8:05:50 GMT -5
Always surprised Matt Hardy never won it. I don’t ever recall him ever wrestling for it.
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