My question is who would you like to see as Ryback's face next?
When I first began watching wrestling in the late 80's the main event scene in the WWF was dominated by Hulk Hogan. Now I've never been a Hogan fan, even in those days of Hulkamania he bored me. Because of this I was drawn to the matches held by over the Intercontinental Championship and as such I've always had an attachment to it.
Over the years the IC title has seen many ups and downs and for me its been frustrating to see my favourite championship having so many issues over the last 18 months or so. We are all familiar with various injuries to King Barrett, Daniel Bryan and recently Ryback and with John Cena's US title reign the focus seems to have fallen off the IC title (although none of the midcard belts have had much love over the last few years) and threw little fault of his own Ryback's reign has been a little underwhelming so far due to poor opponents. He's improved massively in the ring over the last couple of years and deserves the spot but his feud with Miz and Big Show has done nothing for him.
I was hoping after Summerslam that he would move onto a fresh opponent but he still seems to be programmed with Big Show. Personally I can see some sort of multi man match taking place at NOC possibly a Six Pack Challenge with Ryback, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Cesaro and Kevin Owens but I would prefer most of the above to stay in non title upper mid card programmes.
My choice would be Stardust. When Cody Rhodes first became Stardust I wasn't over impressed, I dismissed it as a poor Goldust rip off but he has an ability to make uninspired or awkward gimmicks work. His recent work against Stephen Amell and Neville has been topnotch and I could see a Ryback/Stardust feud being worthwhile. Now don't get me wrong I'm not a Cody Rhodes fanboy but I appreciate all round talent and after around 18 months in the doldrums because of his recent work I think Cody deserves something worthwhile to do.
When I first began watching wrestling in the late 80's the main event scene in the WWF was dominated by Hulk Hogan. Now I've never been a Hogan fan, even in those days of Hulkamania he bored me. Because of this I was drawn to the matches held by over the Intercontinental Championship and as such I've always had an attachment to it.
Over the years the IC title has seen many ups and downs and for me its been frustrating to see my favourite championship having so many issues over the last 18 months or so. We are all familiar with various injuries to King Barrett, Daniel Bryan and recently Ryback and with John Cena's US title reign the focus seems to have fallen off the IC title (although none of the midcard belts have had much love over the last few years) and threw little fault of his own Ryback's reign has been a little underwhelming so far due to poor opponents. He's improved massively in the ring over the last couple of years and deserves the spot but his feud with Miz and Big Show has done nothing for him.
I was hoping after Summerslam that he would move onto a fresh opponent but he still seems to be programmed with Big Show. Personally I can see some sort of multi man match taking place at NOC possibly a Six Pack Challenge with Ryback, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Rusev, Cesaro and Kevin Owens but I would prefer most of the above to stay in non title upper mid card programmes.
My choice would be Stardust. When Cody Rhodes first became Stardust I wasn't over impressed, I dismissed it as a poor Goldust rip off but he has an ability to make uninspired or awkward gimmicks work. His recent work against Stephen Amell and Neville has been topnotch and I could see a Ryback/Stardust feud being worthwhile. Now don't get me wrong I'm not a Cody Rhodes fanboy but I appreciate all round talent and after around 18 months in the doldrums because of his recent work I think Cody deserves something worthwhile to do.
