1. Intercontinental Scrum
Remember how Ricky The Dragon Steamboat stole the Intercontinental Championship and beat Macho Man Randy Savage several times in non-title matches en route to his inspiring title win at WrestleMania III? No? Thats because that would have been the worst possible build to a title match anyone would want to see. Now add four additional challengers and have the title belt passed around amongst all six men and you have the Intercontinental Championship ladder match at WrestleMania Play Button. Its really a shame, because there are some really good wrestlers involved in this match. Aside from R-Truth, the other five (Bad News Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and Luke Harper) all can deliver in the ring. On paper, this could be a really good match. And had this been booked properly, it could have been a match people would want to see while elevating the IC title as something prestigious and desirable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLFq1xeE9MU Instead, the championship is a prop that gets passed around in near comedy segments like a hot potato. Its like the Hardcore Championship without the actual title changes.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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