So, what would YOU do to make the IC and / or US titles matter?

[StatUS]

Then eliminate the WHC, but one of that or the US title has to go. They are barely able to get any consistency with both the IC/US title both around with the lack of Superstars even involved in either.Look at last year with Santino/Swagger. There were times where they'd be off TV for weeks and the title was never defended. And more recently, just Kofi/Miz/Barrett around the IC title, and Cesaro/Truth around the US title. Either knock one of the titles out (if they don't want to drop the WHC which I agree with you they should as it is over saturation of the Main Event picture) or start shredding those bushes and allow Ryder/Riley/Kidd back into the picture. Only time we see these dudes is jobber Rumbles or MITB for spot fests.

The brand split ending has just killed any consistency of the show. Before each show had a World Champ, a Midcard Champ, and Tag Champs.

Now the tag team division is fine plus with new focus on it it's given unused guys more shine than before like Kidd/Gabriel and it's protected guys like Sin Cara.

But with the two world titles on the same shows it just makes the IC and US titles worthless and you see what we have now with the same group of guys interchanging titles.

They just need to man the fukk up and combine the world titles then designate if the IC or US title has a higher standing. But they won't do that because they run brand house shows and like closing with a world title and I doubt they want to change fan's minds that Sheamus vs. Big Show for the IC title is the same as if it were for the WHC

My opinion though is killing one of the midcard titles is gonna do more bad than good. Could bring Deavor Season back though

 

[CJ]

The brand split ending has just killed any consistency of the show. Before each show had a World Champ, a Midcard Champ, and Tag Champs.

Now the tag team division is fine plus with new focus on it it's given unused guys more shine than before like Kidd/Gabriel and it's protected guys like Sin Cara.

But with the two world titles on the same shows it just makes the IC and US titles worthless and you see what we have now with the same group of guys interchanging titles.

They just need to man the fukk up and combine the world titles then designate if the IC or US title has a higher standing. But they won't do that because they run brand house shows and like closing with a world title and I doubt they want to change fan's minds that Sheamus vs. Big Show for the IC is the same as if it were for the WHC

My opinion though is killing one of the midcard titles is gonna do more bad than good. Could bring Deavor Season back though

Yeah I feel exactly what you're saying. And that is sort of the problem as the heirchary seems to be IC/US title = same, then WHC, then WWE title.

The brand specific house shows is the problem, I thought they were slowly getting away from the designation with Punk/Cena now showing up on SD! Don't know why they even bother when it's the same dudes on both programs nowadays anyway. Might as well just call it a "WWE Smackdown House Show minus Punk/Cena"

The tag division is ironic now because the slap together teams are getting more shine than the actual legit tag teams. I enjoyed the re-emergence regardless though.

Might need Johnny Ace to start handing out them Deavours t-shirts again Hell, maybe we can get it thin enough to rock with 1 mid card/1 major

 

[Bob Loblaw]

- Word is that WWE may end up doing the Intercontinental Cup that was dropped from Main Event last week. There is at least talk of using Main Event to elevate the Intercontinental Title in the way that RAW pushes the WWE Title and SmackDown pushes the World Heavyweight Title.

who is the IC champ?

 

[CJ]

- Word is that WWE may end up doing the Intercontinental Cup that was dropped from Main Event last week. There is at least talk of using Main Event to elevate the Intercontinental Title in the way that RAW pushes the WWE Title and SmackDown pushes the World Heavyweight Title.

who is the IC champ?

Maybe they should increase Raw to 3hours, you know, so that they can fit in the IC title scene

 

[Tommy Fits]

Make them have matches that matter, someone mentioned it in another thread but the WWE is so afraid to have the undercard overshadow the main event now that they don't give these guys time to work matches or work to their full potential. Give these guys time to work matches and you'll have something. And put the title on a heel they wins every match by dirty tactics, hasn't won a match cleanly in a while but calls himself the greatest INC champion of all time. Have him namedrop some legends. He needs to mocks his opponents even when it's not called for and mock the crowd. He needs to charismatic and if you can't find anyone with charisma just team'em with Heyman. The problem with that is they're so afraid to let the undercard shine over the Main Event. It's funny because in the early 90's it seemed like the opposite. It seemed like common knowledge that the Main Event was reserved for a few select few but the Intercontinental title was where the most talented in the company were.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

have cesaro win the whc and either dump the whc in favor of the us , or just hold onto both giving the us belt more rep by association

 

[Reggie]

They should combine the title since the brand split is basically a moot point. And they should actually use it as being the next step of being a world champion.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Make them have matches that matter, someone mentioned it in another thread but the WWE is so afraid to have the undercard overshadow the main event now that they don't give these guys time to work matches or work to their full potential. Give these guys time to work matches and you'll have something. And put the title on a heel they wins every match by dirty tactics, hasn't won a match cleanly in a while but calls himself the greatest INC champion of all time. Have him namedrop some legends. He needs to mocks his opponents even when it's not called for and mock the crowd. He needs to charismatic and if you can't find anyone with charisma just team'em with Heyman. The problem with that is they're so afraid to let the undercard shine over the Main Event. It's funny because in the early 90's it seemed like the opposite. It seemed like common knowledge that the Main Event was reserved for a
few select few but the Intercontinental title was where the most talented in the company were.

They had Cody doingg most of that and that was the last time the IC title mattered.

Christian miz show and whoever got it now arent being written to make it important

 

[AquaCityBoy]

On last week's Saturday Morning Slam, Barrett had a match and was taunting Kofi (who was on commentary) with the belt the whole time.

Even though I typically hate the constant rematches after someone drops a title, I think they need to restart that feud. It was one of the best in 2012, and ending it fukked them BOTH over. Kofi went back to midcard jobber and Barrett's losing to bigger stars like Orton and Sheamus for the 8,000th time.

One of the problems that WWE has is that, when a wrestler doesn't have a title or is not in direct contention for one, creative has nothing to do with them. But Barrett somehow got the worst of that because he wasn't doing anything before he got the IC title, and he's not doing anything now that he has it.

Cesaro is also fukked over now that R-Truth is injured. He's floundering as a champion so they put him in a very forced, abrupt feud with The Miz with no real tension or buildup simply because Miz was also floundering after his face turn. Nothing about that feud seems genuine, even though the arrogance that both of them have should be playing off each other well.

 

[malbaker86]

Stop having non title matches

it's so obvious that the heel champ is going to lose when it's a non title match

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

I still think they should make the IC strap, be the #1 contender belt, give that to dude's who they think are ready to step up to the ME, have it that if they challenge for the WWE title they gotta cash in the IC belt for a shot at the WWE title. Once it's cashed in a tournament is held to crown someone else who's ready for the ME or whatever.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I still think they should make the IC strap, be the #1 contender belt, give that to dude's who they think are ready to step up to the ME, have it that if they challenge for the WWE title they gotta cash in the IC belt for a shot at the WWE title. Once it's cashed in a tournament is held to crown someone else who's ready for the ME or whatever.

They'd catch heat for taking TNA's x division title cash-in but I agree, that should be what they do.

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

They'd catch heat for taking TNA's x division title cash-in but I agree, that should be what they do.

I forgot TNA does that

 

[Omar Little]

have the respective champs feud with each other to unify the titles