Fantastic....

Great...now on RAW we have an IC champ that we've never heard of and a WWE champ that can't wrestle. This provides for some great excitement in the coming weeks before Backlash... RAW's new Intercontinental Champion is "Santino Marella" (or Boris Elexiev from Ohio Valley Wrestling) and he was introduced as a fan that challenged Umaga for his belt. In my mind this is a stupid move, because most likely somebody is going take it from him next week (Umaga probably) and his name is going to be in the record books forever.

Let's go through a few names of wrestlers who have held the Intercontinental Championship...Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Edge, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Kane, RVD, Randy Orton, etc... (all of these names have also held the WWF/WWE/World Heavyweight Championship)

Now, with all of those great wrestlers that I just named...put a name like Santino Marella in there and it just doesn't fit. This shows that WWE is making the Intercontinental Championship a belt for mid-carders who show a little potential (Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, freakin' Santino).

I've heard many people say that the Intercontinental Championship has always been a belt for up-and-comers; but Triple H, Chris Jericho, Ric Flair, and Kane all held the WWF/WWE/World Heavyweight Championship before they held the Intercontinental Championship.

I understand that WWE wants to put over a new superstar in his home country, but giving him a belt on his first appearance is just dumb, pointless, and unfair to the wrestlers who work their way up to a title.