Ranking Every First Current WWE Champion From Worst To Best
1. NXT North American Champion - Adam Cole
An instantly credible holder in a match that instantly made the title itself credible, Adam Cole was a perfect fit for a title designed to replicate the magic the Intercontinental Championship used to hold.
The Undisputed Era leader rose above others more willing to risk their bodies because he was of stronger and ignoble mind. Cole was on a gradual track to the top in NXT, and this felt like the next logical step, just as the belt once proudly worn by Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels had when they were climbing literal and figurative ladders in WWE decades earlier.