3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 12)

3. So Much For The IC Title

Shinsuke Nakamura Los Letharios Angel Humberto
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Shinsuke Nakamura beat Apollo Crews to become Intercontinental Champion on 13 August. Since then, the former 'King' has given up his crown (electing not to participate in the King Of The Ring tourney for some reason) and done exactly zilch as champ.

His reign means pretty much nothing.

The announcers barely even mentioned his title during a tag match with Rick Boogs against Los Letharios. Speaking of those handsome devils, some more surnames have been dropped - Garza is now just Angel, and Carrillo goes by Humberto. They looked decent, and picked up the win, buuuuuut...

...it sucks that Shin took the fall. Surely that's what Boogs is there for? It's a bit crap that Nakamura, the reigning IC Champion remember, is losing in random-assed tag bouts for no reason. Shouldn't the Letharios be feuding with a proper tag-team anyway?

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