Most underserving IC Champion?

[Perfect Timing]

Judging this on who they were and not the reign itself.

Dean Douglas comes to mind. He did nothing at this point, the reign lasted a hour or two but most importantly his name still looks weird in the history of the championship.

[Shark]

No offense to the guy, but Big Zeke Jackson. Was not over, actually devalued the title.

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Curtis Axel

[Starshine]

I feel like one of the Ascension could win the belt, and I wouldn't bat an eye.

I guess, Road Dogg. Cause that whole thing was really weird with Gunn and him winning the belts the other guy was chasing.

Also reading back about it, the guy got a title match by being pinned by the champion in a tag team match. What f***ing sense does that make?

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Far be it for me to say who does and doesn't deserve a midcard title reign, but Albert was a really weird choice even in 2001.

[Perfect Timing]

Albert was weird but Douglas winning by foreit was the equivalent of Mideon being handed the European Championship IMO.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Big Zeke

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Albert

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dean Douglas, Marc Mero, Albert, Lance Storm, Test, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, and Curtis Axel all stick out to me. None of them were over, and did nothing with the title.

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Shane Douglas was a great wrestler though. Not sure why you’d think he, of all people devalues the title. Especially when you’ve got guys like Ezekiel Jackson and Curtis Axel in the title history.

I’m browsing through the history of the title right now and for the most part, nearly everyone was deserving of it or had a good/memorable storyline that called for the change. I mean... The Mountie wasn’t the best wrestler ever but everyone remembers him beating Bret. And then Marty Jannetty beating Shawn.

But Jackson and Axel are the drizzling shits. At least the likes of Ahmed Johnson and Test were over. And Albert... well he’s one of my favourite big men so I can’t say much bad about him.

[Perfect Timing]

At least Zeke had the shitty version of the belt.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Apr 4, 2019 23:30:31 GMT -5 @negan said:

Shane Douglas was a great wrestler though. Not sure why you’d think he, of all people devalues the title. Especially when you’ve got guys like Ezekiel Jackson and Curtis Axel in the title history.

I’m browsing through the history of the title right now and for the most part, nearly everyone was deserving of it or had a good/memorable storyline that called for the change. I mean... The Mountie wasn’t the best wrestler ever but everyone remembers him beating Bret. And then Marty Jannetty beating Shawn.

But Jackson and Axel are the drizzling shits. At least the likes of Ahmed Johnson and Test were over. And Albert... well he’s one of my favourite big men so I can’t say much bad about him.

Shane Douglas with a long reign would have been fine.

Dean Douglas was a shitty gimmick who was a joke, never won the belt and lost it in 20 minutes.

That combined with the fact that the belt meant a lot more in 1995 when HBK and Razor were fighting it than later on when it was on a merry-go-round of midcard talent with nothing better to do in the early 2010s meant it was more of a drop.

[HonkyTonkMan]

The answer is Chyna because there surely shouldn't have ever been a female Intercontinental Champion.

Can any of you imagine what the vast majority of the world's male population would be thinking if a woman

ever becomes the WWE Universal Champion or the WWE Champion?

The answer is that the vast majority of the world's male population would then immediately laugh at the WWE

and trash the WWE in response to a female winning the WWE Universal Championship or the WWE Championship.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Apr 5, 2019 1:15:56 GMT -5 HonkyTonkMan said:

The answer is Chyna because there surely shouldn't have ever been a female Intercontinental Champion.

Can any of you imagine what the vast majority of the world's male population would be thinking if a woman

ever becomes the WWE Universal Champion or the WWE Champion?

The answer is that the vast majority of the world's male population would immediately laugh at the WWE

and trash the WWE if there ever is a female WWE Universal Champion or a female WWE Champion.

Counterpoint: Chyna was more over and drew more than about 90% of the guys who've held the title in the last 15 years, and was physically a match for most men on the roster at the time.

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Apr 5, 2019 1:15:56 GMT -5 HonkyTonkMan said:

The answer is Chyna because there surely shouldn't have ever been a female Intercontinental Champion.

Can any of you imagine what the vast majority of the world's male population would be thinking if a woman

ever becomes the WWE Universal Champion or the WWE Champion?

The answer is that the vast majority of the world's male population would immediately laugh at the WWE

and trash the WWE if there ever is a female WWE Universal Champion or a female WWE Champion.

I could buy Chyna kicking their ass though. She was bigger than some of the men.

[dirtyoldman]

Was it not round the time Road Dogg got his hands on the title that it started to fall? People describe it as a mid card title now but I remember in the 80s to mid 90s it wasn't that much of a drop down from the main event.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Apr 5, 2019 1:15:56 GMT -5 HonkyTonkMan said:

The answer is Chyna because there surely shouldn't have ever been a female Intercontinental Champion.

Can any of you imagine what the vast majority of the world's male population would be thinking if a woman

ever becomes the WWE Universal Champion or the WWE Champion?

The answer is that the vast majority of the world's male population would immediately laugh at the WWE

and trash the WWE if there ever is a female WWE Universal Champion or a female WWE Champion.

This reads to me as really tone deaf

If the woman has the right type of build and hype I may not believe she can be Universal champ but I have no problem with her holding a lower tier belt

If they really desired it, I can buy Nia Jax as Hardcore champion or X division champion if WWE had their own version of that

[SparkyPlugg]

The Mountie especially as he beat Bret for it, and what the title meant at the time.

Don’t get me wrong though, I liked the Mountie.

[clifford]

Apr 5, 2019 1:15:56 GMT -5 HonkyTonkMan said:

The answer is Chyna because there surely shouldn't have ever been a female Intercontinental Champion.

Can any of you imagine what the vast majority of the world's male population would be thinking if a woman

ever becomes the WWE Universal Champion or the WWE Champion?

The answer is that the vast majority of the world's male population would immediately laugh at the WWE

and trash the WWE if there ever is a female WWE Universal Champion or a female WWE Champion.

I mean, you just gotta look at the crowd and audience reaction to Nia's cameo in the mens Rumble this year to blow that presumption out of the water.

[auph10imitated]

Apr 4, 2019 23:23:58 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Dean Douglas, Marc Mero, Albert, Lance Storm, Test, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, and Curtis Axel all stick out to me. None of them were over, and did nothing with the title.

Marc Mero was over, listen to the pop he gets when he wins the title. If thats not over, I dont know what is? Plus he was over before winning the title.