Ideas to get non-major titles in the WWE relevant again.

[TheOneKnownAsFetter]

With the current state of the WWE and it's non-major titles just being tossed around like they have no prestige anymore or in all just forgotten, what are some of your guys ideas on a way to get these titles back into the lime light , like the mid 2000s and who should hold these titles. Begin discussion!


Intercontinental Championship- I honestly like Cody Rhodes holding his title. I think he makes a GREAT and believable IC champion. He has a lot of talent and charisma for the belt, and I think he just needs to get the face time that a IC champion deserves. I remember back when this belt was fought over by the likes of Edge, Christian, Chris Jericho and many others. Cody Rhodes needs a solid feud with someone to get this title back to what it use to be.

United States Champion- To be honest I'm glad they lifted the title off of Jack Swagger and gave it to Santino. Outside his gimmick he's very talented and is real good on the mic. To me Jack Swagger was getting stale because he barely defended his title and when he did it was a squash match. Santino is VERY over right now so I think it was a wise decision on the E to put the belt on him. If they build this feud with Jack Swagger and Santino it could turn into something more. I like both guys for their in ring skills and mic skills. I just wish they'd let Santino drop that god awful gimmick.

Tag Team Championships- Hire more Tag Teams! It's as simple as that. The current state of the tag team division is horrendous. The World's Greatest Tag Team is still floating around somewhere in RoH, and you just signed Hero and a few others that have tag experience.

 

[John McHenry]

Think Cody needs to defend it more often and defending against guys like Big Show etc will help because it'll help to prove that the IC Champ is a guy that can beat Main Eventers also.

US title needs similar treatment prefer it be on Santino as he slowly gets a more serious character this guy has great mic skills, he's good in the ring and deserves a belt.

Tag Team- Best bet is to hire back or have a tag team return. Do a Rock angle get the Duddleys (thier probably out) APA any major tag team back together to do an angle just dogging Tag Teams in WWE and then have them in a program with Champs and eventually job. At that point hopefully WWE will have 4-6 established tag teams and the two established teams can help get the rest over. And for god sakes don't throw to singles guys together without a damn good reason it doesn't tend to work.

The above would also work pretty well for Divas Division.

 

[TheOneKnownAsFetter]

Think Cody needs to defend it more often and defending against guys like Big Show etc will help because it'll help to prove that the IC Champ is a guy that can beat Main Eventers also.

US title needs similar treatment prefer it be on Santino as he slowly gets a more serious character this guy has great mic skills, he's good in the ring and deserves a belt.

Tag Team- Best bet is to hire back or have a tag team return. Do a Rock angle get the Duddleys (thier probably out) APA any major tag team back together to do an angle just dogging Tag Teams in WWE and then have them in a program with Champs and eventually job. At that point hopefully WWE will have 4-6 established tag teams and the two established teams can help get the rest over. And for god sakes don't throw to singles guys together without a damn good reason it doesn't tend to work.

The above would also work pretty well for Divas Division.

I would love to see the Dudleys return for one last run, as I would like to see Matt and Jeff back if they can stay away from drugs long enough to wrestle. Like I said you have the World''s Greatest Tag Team in RoH who I'm sure would come back and be a sell, and add something missing from the tag division. I totally agree with you on throwing two guys together and calling it a tag team. Kofi and Killings? Since when. It was even reported that it was at one time going to be Santino/Killings.

 

[John McHenry]

Best bets probably world's greatest. Maybe the APA could be the rock in my scenario too many of the greats are now divided. Best bets probably BookDust at this point.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Agree with the above here. Meaningful feuds are all that is needed to build up the titles. The problem is they haven't had any in a great while.

 

[SAIYANS]

Simply put .... The Network

You want to get the tag division over, give them their own 1 hour block. You want the divas over, give them their own 1 hour block to work in the ring and on their personalities. You want to bring cruiserweights back, give them a 1 hour block. You want to put over the IC and US titles, give their contenders time on televised Superstars where they fight for the right to be number 1 contender. Do all of that but tape it in places like the Ball Room, FCW Arena, and other intimate places where the fans can build a bond with those talents and make them seem more over and special than they are.

Keep 3 brands in Raw, SD ,and NXT. Give NXT a title of its own and get it on TV somehow, taped in front of the SD audience. Let the titles themselves and the champ appear there every week, but make sure all the contenders have an avenue to get their work over and be known

 

[John McHenry]

Considering the network may not even happen not the best way.

 

[Vivido]

All of these are possible ideas, so why not include The Network? It's possible.

What I got from the orginal post and JMcHs was, tag team division aside, do what they are doing(just do it right)

 

[Lewb]

I like the Rock-esque idea for this, and for that..... whats Billy Gunn doing these days. THE NEW AGE OUTLAWS WOULD BE PERFECT!

 

[Kiffy Lube]

McHatred if APA returned JBL would have to revert to his mediocre past. I can't go along with such nonsense.

 

[The Cork]

Look at the '80s formula, longer reigns while defending it regularly.

 

[Deuce]

Everything I would say has already been said but I like the idea of The Dudleyz coming back and tearing up the Tag Team division the most, I hope that happens. We haven't seen much from the Tag Teams we have currently so the WWE either needs to make more interesting and charismatic teams or they will have to bring in some teams from the past, current roster or not.

 

[Crippler]

Look at the '80s formula, longer reigns while defending it regularly.

this might be your best post to date, and you are totally correct. As for Cody i don't think you can save his IC title reign hes had to belt for what over 200 days now and if they start making him defend the belt now i feel it's kinda too late.

 

[John McHenry]

McHatred if APA returned JBL would have to revert to his mediocre past. I can't go along with such nonsense.

Only team I could think of that was viable though Outlaws wouldn't be bad either.

 

[Troy]

For all these titles it is simple, defend them regularly on television on PPV, don't make your champion look weak and give them plenty of top challengers.

Intercontinental Title - I like what Cody Rhodes has done as champion. It would be good to see his title on the line a bit more frequently but it is being defended on WM28 so you can't ask much more than that. What that division needs is an actual division. Who were the face contenders for that title on Smackdown? There weren't any that were over enough as the only guys that could be chosen were Ezekiel and Justin Gabriel. Smackdown needs some more midcard/uppermidcard faces to fight for the title.

United States Title - Dolph Ziggler did some great work for the title but after that it dropped a bit. Zack Ryder was the feelgood story and had the short title reign but ever since he dropped it is has been almost non-existent. Jack Swagger has had a very poor title reign, was rarely used as champion on RAW and hasn't had any memorable wins. Be interested to see what they do with Santino as champion because he is a comedy character. A short title reign is fine but he can't hold it for too long otherwise it turns the title into a joke. Again once this gets back onto RAW it needs a proper divsion to fight for the title. Guys need to come out and say that they want the US title, not everyone can chase the top title so have a few guys cut promos about wanting this title.

Tag team title - First they need to book the champions regularly on tv which they have started doing. Second they need a lot more teams. Promote some people from FCW and throw some jobbers/midcarders together to form some proper long term teams. This could be a great division if they spend a bit of time on it. In the short term they need to give them a match at WM28, there is room on the card and it would be a massive boost for the division if they get even a 7/8 minute match on the PPV.