9. Rebuilding The Intercontinental Title
Has Daniel Bryan's Intercontinental Championship victory at WrestleMania ushered in a new, prosperous era for the belt? In the weeks leading up to the event, the Championship was used as little more than a prop with the participants in the ladder match taking turns in stealing it while also trading jobs on TV. Truth be told, the Intercontinental Championship hasn't meant much for a long time now, as WWE has focused all of its creative efforts on the WWE Title instead. Daniel Bryan's victory at WrestleMania, and subsequent match with Dolph Ziggler on the post-'Mania Raw indicate that WWE may finally be starting to take the division seriously. Bryan, a former World Champion and crowd favourite, does much to elevate the title just by holding it. WWE made a big deal of the win at WrestleMania, including having a backstage segment showing former IC Champions and Hall of Famers congratulating Bryan and putting him over strong. That was all well and good, but it will be all for nothing if WWE don't continue to do the same in the forthcoming weeks and months. Bryan and the Title need to be protected and rebuilt. Hopefully he doesn't become a glorified jobber like recent Champions and some of the old Intercontinental prestige can be regained.
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