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So....did they put the belt on Roman simply to complete his Grand Slam? Is the plan for him to drop the belt before Mania? I'd long assumed he wasn't going to eat a pin again until after Mania but there are always ways to get it off of him without him taking a pin. You could do a wonky title change on a DQ type deal, or you could have Steph force a battle royal which is how they got the US Title off of Ambrose back during the initial Shield run.
I'd read a month or two ago that the idea of a title for title match at Mania was in play.....but come on. I know WWE hasn't exactly cared about the IC Title in recent Manias, shunting it to the pre-show this year and just using it as an excuse to get a multi-man ladder match onto the show in the two years previous. But hypothetically the title could still be used to get a separate program onto the card. Making Reigns/Lesnar title for title doesn't elevate the IC Title in importance because not even Heyman's best promo effort would get me to believe that Brock would actually care about winning a second tier title when he already has the top belt. Somehow that match would become even more blindingly predictable than it already is.
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