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Originally Posted by Dave Youell
Giving Flair the title did a number of things:
Helped get him more over as a face
Elevated the title in theory as he's a former 16 champ (not the greatest argument granted)
The feud with HHH has given the belt a higher profile on the show
The fact that Flair has the title means that HHH won't go over, that's a great reason!
In short, Flair deserves something for his efforts in the WWE, the guys better now than he was 5 years ago when WCW was folding, which is incredible really considering his age. He can't really have the world title again, so this, this is like his world title 'thank you' run. Much like Hogan's last world title run.
After SS when the mid carders need feuds the title will be passed along again, but right now I don't really see a major problem with it being on Ric
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1) How does Flair need to get more over as a face?You hear endless 'woooo' chants whenever his matches are on.
2)That was the first thing that came to my mind when he won the title, but since then the IC title seems to of been forgotten about.Flair should atleast put the title on the line in his matches against people like Murdoch.(see this weeks Raw)That would give it credibility.
3)No it hasn't given it higher profile at all,imo.And thats the point. Basically, HHH is World Championship material, so we all know he doesn't care about the IC title, so that makes us care less about the title.The whole point in giving someone a title is to build a feud around it and make both wrestlers want it, in this feud, you can not seriously tell me that that is the case.
4)HHH will go over eventually, i can't see him winning at the PPV because Flair hasn't lost the title yet,(should've happened at the raw in the uk, but titles can't change hands outside of America without them changing back straight away).but just because Flair has the IC title, it doesn't mean that HHH wont go over.I think Flair will win at the PPV, then lose the title the night after thanks to HHH, and then HHH will go over Flair.
And as for your last argument, that is also what I was thinking, but again back to my point-they havent really used the title much in this feud have they?Listen to the cage match and hear the commentators saying "this is more than just about the title!"