10 Times WWE Dropped The Ball With Ryback

10. A Forgettable Intercontinental Championship Reign

Following WrestleMania 31, WWE looked to put a renewed emphasis on the mid-card championships by having John Cena hold the United States and Daniel Bryan hold the Intercontinental Championship. Cena's weekly U.S. Open Challenge on Raw was among the highlights of 2015 in WWE. Conversely, before Bryan could do anything of note with the Intercontinental title, he was sidelined with another injury and was forced to relinquish his title one month into his reign.

For the first time ever, an Elimination Chamber match was held to determine a new Intercontinental champion, and while it was a cool idea in theory, it was awful in execution. From Mark Henry escaping his pod too early, King Barrett getting eliminated by R-Truth, and Sheamus' pod malfunctioning, all of its errors made it one of the worst Chamber matches of all-time.

Ryback emerging victorious with the title in tow and being endorsed by Bryan afterward was a memorable moment, but it was apparent he wouldn't be able to measure up to WWE's resident "Yes!" man as champion. Thus, he was doomed to fail as soon as he captured the title.

Of course, the injury he suffered during his reign that kept him out of action for one month wasn't WWE's fault, but they could have done more to make the title (and Ryback) feel special. Once he dropped the strap to Kevin Owens, he faded off into obscurity.