I also don't think the Intercontinental Championship means anymore than it did before Axel won it. Axel hasn't had one solid feud since winning the title in June and he's barely even defended it at all (think he only defended it once on Raw against The Miz, and I'm probably even wrong about that.) Night Of Champions, a PPV where all championships are supposed to be on the line, is his first PPV at all since Payback where he became champion and it's looking like he's not defending it there either. Quite ironic that the championship on the cover of the NOC poster is the one title that ends up not even being defended at the PPV. (Unless they add the championship to the handicap match sometime in the next two weeks.)