Best & Worst #4: Intercontinental Championship [RESULTS POSTED]
 

This should be interesting, what with the number of First Class guys to hold the belt.
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RULES:

Please pick ONE Best and ONE Worst. Not best of their era, best to hold each design of the belt, best black man to hold the belt, etc.

Keep It Simple.


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HALL OF FAME
WWF/E Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin
United States Champion: Ravishing Rick Rude
Authority Figure: Eric Bischoff

HALL OF SHAME
WWF/E Champion: Jeff Hardy/Bob Backlund
United States Champion: David Flair
Authority Figure: Vince Russo

Best: Bret Hart
Worst: Chyna

best: macho man
worst: drew mcintyre

Best: Chris Jericho
Worst: The Godfather

Razor Ramon
Chyna

Best: Mr Perfect
Worst; Carlito

Best: Bret Hart
Worst: Chyna

Best: Shawn Michaels
Worst: Chyna

Best: Chris Jericho
Definite Worst: Chyna

Honorable Mention: Dean Douglas

Best: The Rock

Worst: Chyna

Best: Chris Jericho
Worst: Shane Douglas

I was considering putting Honky Tonk Man as the best due to the length of his reign but he never regained the title after loosing it while Jericho managed to become the fall back choice anytime the WWE needed a big name as champion.

I also considered Chyna for the worst but she did have some entertaining feuds with Eddie Guerrero and Chris Jericho for the title while Shane Douglas ended up being a champion on paper only. To be fair, Douglas was hated by the Kliq at the time and didn't lose it because he was horrible.

Best: Honky Tonk Man
Worst: Chyna

Best: Razor Ramon
Worst: Chyna

Best: Marty Jannetty
Worst: Chyna

Best: Roddy Piper
Worst: Santino Marella

Best: Shawn Michaels
Worst: Chyna

Best: Honky Tonk Man
Worst:.......Chyna is the easy pick, but I'm going with Ric Flair.

Ric Flair should not have been near that title. It would be like Hulk Hogan making a comeback and getting the US title. The 16 time World Heavyweight Champion didn't need the IC title. Ric Flair can last on his legacy. He was given the title because Triple H likes him, and it made the people who were in Evolution look good.

Best: The Rock

Worst: Wade Barrett

Best: Razor Ramon
Worst: Chyna

On a side note, I hate it when they have former WWE/WH Champions holding the IC Title, like some sort of consolation prize or to give the belt instant credibilty again. It's better to not even hold a belt. I'd rather hold no belt than have to "go back" to holding the IC Title if I was WWE/WH Chmapion already (ie. CM Punk, Triple H, Flair, Booker T)

Also, I thought that Randy Orton looked better with the IC Title before going onto the WHC. Suited him best at the time, especially with Evolution

Best: Honkeytonk man
Worst:Shamrock
The fact Shamrock was ever champ in the first place is just wrong.

Best: This was a very tough choice but after much consideration I have to go with Randy Orton since he's had the best single run in the modern era.

Worst: Didn't need to think very long for this one heh I thought Albert even winning the belt in the first place was pretty lame.

Best: Mr Perfect

A VERY close run between him and Shawn Michaels, but I can't see that the IC title was ever as valuable as when Perfect had the belt.

Worst: Dean Douglas

Best: The Rock
Worst: The Godfather

I actually was a Chyna fan so I liked her reign and thought her and Jericho had the match of the night at two back to back PPVs. I would have said Dean Douglas for worst, but The Godfather had an actual reign.

Best Savage

Worst Albert

Best:Chris Jericho
Worst:Ultimate Warrior

I said Jericho based on him having more reigns than anybody else. He's a guy that could hold the belt again tommorow and make it mean more by holding it.

Ultimate Warrior is easily one of the worst guys to ever wrestle period. He should've never been IC champ, much less WWF Champion....

Best: Bret Hart. By no means is this by a mile, there are so many who have brought recognition to that belt. But as far as actually seeming like a champion, yeah, Bret all the way.

Worst? D'Lo Brown?

I'd jump on the Chyna bandwagon, but she was actually over, and her storyline with Eddie Guerrero/Jericho was half way interesting, and pretty much unheard of.

best: mr perfect
worst: chyna

Mr. Perfect

Chyna

Best: Bret Hart (it was between him, Mr.Perfect or Shawn Michaels)

Worst: The Mountie

Honorable mention: Dean Douglas

best hbk
worst chyna

Best: Macho Man

Worst: Chyna

Best: Chris Jericho

Worst: Wade Barrett

Best: The Rock (his character transformation with the belt paved the way for his superstar status)

Worst: Road Dogg (this guy was supposed to be an up-and-coming star, and his run with the IC proved that he would never be more than a tag-team hype guy... so disappointing)


As a side note, why the hate for D'Lo Brown? He was not spectacular, but was not terrible. He was a good work horse for the mid-card in his time, and he had a unique moveset for a guy his size. Add in the chest protector gimmick, and you have a solid mid-card heel that irritates you. I loved his work.

Best: Chris Jericho
Worst: Chyna

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8. D-Lo Brown vs. Droz
The results of a wrestling match may be predetermined but the wrestlers put their well being on the line every time they step in the ring. During a 1999 SmackDown TV taping, D-Lo fought Droz in what was supposed to be an ordinary match. D-Lo slipped on a wet spot on the mat while giving Droz a running power bomb. Droz fractured two discs in his neck. The accident left the former Denver Bronco paralyzed from the neck down.

(From Top 10 Famous Tragedies of the Past 25 Years @ http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wha...0tragedies.htm)

I was a major Chyna fan back in the day. Why is she the worst? Was she a bad wrestler or was it that a women held the title?

If Natalya or Beth Phoenix or Trish Stratus held the IC title, would it have been better?

Best: Don Muraco

Worst: Marc Mero

Honorable Mention: Pedro Morales

I forgot about Marc Mero. That guy's face was permanently 'expressed'