10 Worst WWE Intercontinental Title Matches This Decade
1. Ezekiel Jackson Vs. Wade Barrett - Capitol Punishment 2011
Ezekiel Jackson had very little going for him aside from his massively muscled frame. Short between the ropes, he had little in the way of intangibles, either.
With two basic modes of expression - a happy-to-be-there grin and bodybuilder gurn - Jackson had precisely one memorable bout in his forgettable WWE stint. That was largely due to his Royal Rumble 2010 opponent, Christian, who had a successful side gig as a baggage carrier.
It was disheartening to see him, as somebody who could patently barely work, awarded a run with the fabled workhorse title. The match with the criminally wasted Barrett was the clunker you'd expect, with a finish that was almost offensively basic. Jackson performs a body slam and grins, as if to signal something to the audience.
This gets Cole excited - 'You know what happens after those body slams...' he trails off, forgetting. He tries to buy some time. He settles on 'the big smile on Ezekiel Jackson's face!' when it becomes apparent that, rather than follow up on the implied excitement, he's just going to hit Barrett with another body slam, the most elementary of impact moves.
The match, contested between the Englishman Barrett and the Guyanese Jackson, is remembered only for its inexplicable chants of 'USA! USA!'.