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Originally Posted by NeanderCarl
The IC division from Randy Savage (1986) - Ken Shamrock (1998). They tarnished that belt alarmingly quickly beyond Shamrock, not through the calibre of champions, which was rather high, but rather the presentation and prestige of the title, and the frequency of title changes.
Even great wrestlers like Benoit, Jericho and Angle couldn't do much with the belt when they only had it for a week or two.
Prior to that, the Intercontinental title was always the "Wrestler's Belt". While Hogan, Warrior, Slaughter and co were headlining with the WWE Heavyweight championship, the best action was to be found with Hennig, Rude, Von Erich, Hart etc in the I-C division.
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I'm going to have to disagree, its just reflective of the pace of the business changing. It can be seen with the World Title too over those years.
Benoit and Jericho were phenomenal, and lent a lot of credibility to the belt. William Regal and RVD followed, even reigns by Kane. Randy Ortons IC title reign was great, Christian and Edge were.
The IC title picture has always fluctuated, but you can't say it dropped off quickly just because the belt changed hands more often. Look at the IC division in say, 96. It has been way more credible in times since then.
I personally am liking Jeff Hardy as IC champion right now.