WWE: 6 Ways To Replace The Undertaker's Streak

1. Intercontinental Title Tournament

Intercontinental Title The last few WrestleManias have been focused on the two world title matches, The Streak and a couple other major angles (some involving part-timers, some involving celebrities). The rest has been filler thrown together the last few weeks before WM. With the world titles unified and The Streak winding down, there needs to be a new focus. Assuming the Undertaker has 1-2 more matches in him, why not start a tradition at WrestleMania 33 of a tournament for the Intercontinental Championship? It would be the 30th anniversary of the greatest IC title match (Savage-Steamboat), which would be a great hook for this. You set it up like this: Single-elimination tournament of eight or 16 superstars compete in matches on Raw and Smackdown in the weeks leading up to 'Mania, with the finals taking place on the pre-show. The winner challenges the IC champ during WrestleMania. This accomplishes so much: 1) It gives a bunch of guys on the undercard something to do leading up to 'Mania; 2) It fills time on the shows with matches that actually mean something, and you could still work in angles with someone costing someone else a match, setting up a feud; 3) It refocuses the Intercontinental title as a wrestling title; and 4) It sets it up that the IC champ will defend his title at the biggest show of the year. It's such a frustrating thing to think that the promotion's secondary title-holder is competing in a battle royal instead of defending his "prestigious" title. Let's change that.
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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.