The Journey to the IC Title Match

The Journey is just as big as the destination. Just when you thought there could be a chance for the IC title to actually feel special again, an over booked storyline pulls the carpet out from underneath you. The journey to the Intercontinental title ladder match had all the tools it needed for success and now it feels like creative has been rewriting the script everyday, constantly adding too much story.

Here’s the cast of characters involved in this mess thrown together. I am going to do my best to not get longwinded and drag on because there are now 7 participants… Yes 7…

Let’s start with the elephant in the room…
Stardust?!??

Why?
Where’s our Dustin VS Cody match we all want to see? They built that up so well and then it just disappears as if we didn’t even notice.
What’s his purpose and who really cares for him in this match? WE WANT THE BROTHER VS BROTHER MATCH!!! Watching him take out Daniel Bryan and steal the belt, I took a deep sigh of disappointment and shook my head.

Our current IC Champion Bad News Barrett…

Why is he losing every single week on TV? I feel every champion from top to bottom on the card should be booked strong ESPECIALLY building up to WrestleMania. Wade Barrett can be a great heel champion if booked correctly but instead, they make him look weak. Nikki Bella has been booked as a better divas Champion then Barrett as IC Champ.

Now here’s my most painful thing to talk about but it has to be done and that’s Dean Ambrose.

I want to love this guy, I really do. but lately he has just come off to me as this cheesy stone cold comedy act type character for the PG era. You look at the entire roster and then look at Ambrose and he stands out, he’s cool. But unfortunately, the way creative sees cool to fit their PG television is completely different from what we see cool as. It frustrates me because it’s not his fault, it’s how he’s been booked. And Who calls someone a turd by the way?

Speaking of that turd, let’s talk about Daniel Bryan.

The most popular guy on the roster, maybe in the world. See at first I was cool with Bryan adding himself to this match, it had potential… But after Smackdown, this has become a huge downgrade for him. He cut a decent promo about the Title and then it all went downhill from there. Let’s look at history:
Randy Savage- IC Title to World title
Bret Hart- IC Title to World title
Ultimate Warrior-IC title to world title
Daniel Bryan- World Title to IC Title?!
Daniel Bryan- 32 years old and still in his prime… IC Title match…
Do you get where I’m going with this?!?!

Then there’s R-Truth….

Now I didn’t see him defeat Bad News but This guy was more invisible than Little Jimmy himself until the night after Fast Lane and now he some how is on commentary every week and gets a WrestleMania match?!? Don’t get me going… And this #GiveTruthaChance, which Maggel Cole said was apparently trending world wide, WAS NOT trending world wide, it was just something planted into the story behind the story behind another story to help build R-Truth for this match.

The Companies most athletic guy in the Locker room Dolph Ziggler

Now if the Brass would have Stuck with pushing Dolph Ziggler from Survivor series on, maybe this match would have a better feel to it. Instead Ziggler has been drowning on the mid card. It also feels like Ziggler has fell victim to the rewrites as he one night praises Daniel Bryan and then this past Thursday agrees that with Ambrose that Bryan is a turd…

Luke Harper is just completely lost in the Shuffle. I honestly forgot he was even involved in this mess. Harper does not appose as the monster that he should be shown as and This is why he seems lost.

And The whole belt stealing game, it’s got to come to an end. It does nothing for this story anymore. Since when did stealing a belt make you a champion? It made no sense and every week it continues to devalues the belt more and more. If you want that belt, win it, prove you are just as good as everyone else who has earned to carry the name Intercontinental Champion.

I don’t want to complain, I hate complaining about stuff that is out of my control or being kind of negative but wrestling is about the journey, it’s not just the destination. It’s how you get there. It’s not just WrestleMania,its the build. I want to be invested into this process, I want to be excited and when it comes to this match I’m not. You look at this match and on paper it could possibly be a show stealer, but the story surrounding it is an absolute mess. We have two weeks left until WrestleMania, buckle your seatbelt because this road is going to be a rough one… Let’s hope they get it together.

Here’s a fun fact, this years WrestleMania is the 10 year Anniversary of the Debut of The Money in the Bank Ladder match…
That’s My Heel Turn!

Eat, Sleep, Paul Heyman promo, REPEAT!

So I was going to go on about the bumpy road to WrestleMania and the lack of build up, but there’s no reason why I should talk about the negative today when there’s one shinning star who deserves my full attention. While the build up for most of this WrestleMania card lacks motivation, there’s one program that has been carried by one man further than we all thought he could carry it on his own… That man is Paul Heyman

Not since the attitude era, have I seen someone top what they did the previous week, every time they were on TV. This main event, that most of the Mark Universe are so butt hurt over, has become more relevant and has brought more prestige to Mania and the two participants had nothing to do with the build. 

Paul Heyman took this main event program, put it on his shoulders and so far has made it must see TV. Not only is he making his Monster a believable champion in his own world and he doesn’t even wrestle, but Heyman is making us (or maybe just myself) invest more interest into Roman Reigns character. 

I give credit to either the WWE or to Heyman for taking real life drama and adding it to the story keeping it in the realm of Believability. I do feel that since Roman by himself doesn’t seem to be as hot as they thought, they are making the feuds main focus not just on Lesnar and Reigns, but focusing on Lesnar VS the company. We all know the rumors, we pay close attention to what’s being said. With Lesnar walking out, then seeing Lesnar on a UFC event, it makes this program more real because we are all familiar with his contact situation and how he’s this fighter that wants his UFC Title back. NONE of this would have gotten over so good without Paul Heyman. Heyman delivers so much passion and anger in his promos and every week there is more Fire behind his words that he could make you believe Santa Claus is real. It’s like he’s out there hitting us with shoot promos every week just keeping it real and that’s exactly what we want to see.  

If this program gets over at WrestleMania, Paul Heyman better get an incredible payoff because he has been the true star for this main event while the other two just took a back seat to their payoffs. Who knows, this match may put people to sleep or it could surprisingly steal the show, we won’t know until the bell rings. But we would have truly never given it a chance if it wasn’t for Paul Heyman. #HeymanMania should be trending World Wide next Monday night.

That’s my Heel Turn!