How credible is the IC belt right now?

**Jeritron** · 12-17-2007, 04:16 PM

Seriously, for the past two years we have mostly agreed upon the failing prestige of the IC gold and how it's no longer as credible as it once was.

But look at it now. For the past year Jeff Hardy has brought some serious credibility to it with some lengthy reigns, and as a fighting champion weekly. Also, being one of the top faces on Raw hasn't hurt either, as he gets the pop of the night and steals the crowd just about every week.

And if his reigns, popularity, and match quality/frequency hasn't been good enough, the fact that he's on a roll and a half lately is HUGE. He's the IC champion and he's been going nuts lately, he just went over HHH, arguably the top name in the company..CLEAN. Now he's facing the WWE champion presumably while IC champion.

The IC belt right now might be the most credible belt going. I mean, he's been picking up cleaner wins over more credible stars than Orton or Edge. In a kayfabe sense, he might be the top ranking belt. I noticed in the Power 25 he was ranked #2 (not that that means anything but it indicates how he's been being pushed on the brand).

So what do you think? Best IC champion in a long long time. In fact, with him as #1 contender for the title he might be the most prominent IC champ since...who's the last person to do that, Warrior??

12-17-2007, 04:16 PM	#1
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	How credible is the IC belt right now? Seriously, for the past two years we have mostly agreed upon the failing prestige of the IC gold and how it's no longer as credible as it once was. But look at it now. For the past year Jeff Hardy has brought some serious credibility to it with some lengthy reigns, and as a fighting champion weekly. Also, being one of the top faces on Raw hasn't hurt either, as he gets the pop of the night and steals the crowd just about every week. And if his reigns, popularity, and match quality/frequency hasn't been good enough, the fact that he's on a roll and a half lately is HUGE. He's the IC champion and he's been going nuts lately, he just went over HHH, arguably the top name in the company..CLEAN. Now he's facing the WWE champion presumably while IC champion. The IC belt right now might be the most credible belt going. I mean, he's been picking up cleaner wins over more credible stars than Orton or Edge. In a kayfabe sense, he might be the top ranking belt. I noticed in the Power 25 he was ranked #2 (not that that means anything but it indicates how he's been being pushed on the brand). So what do you think? Best IC champion in a long long time. In fact, with him as #1 contender for the title he might be the most prominent IC champ since...who's the last person to do that, Warrior??