Intercontinental Championship on Smackdown
A gauntlet match on Smackdown featured participants of the Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania. We see some really great action between Stardust, Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper, R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan. The champion is not involved, but would get involved after it is all said and done.
After some quick eliminations, including R-Truth, the final 2 men are Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. The crowd loved it and so did I because they are the two guys that I think have the best chance at walking out of WrestleMania 31 as champion. WWE has done a fantastic job making this the most interesting IC Championship match in recent memory for the grand stage. After Ziggler reverses Bryan, he slides under and hits a Zig Zag for the clean win. After the match, Barrett lays them both out with a Bullhammer.
Excellent work from everyone involved here. I really enjoy how they are letting the “favorites” carry the feud, while there is some nice additions with Harper and Barrett being the wild cards. Stardust and Truth seem to have NO chance. The more I think about it, the more I feel that WWE SHOULD give it to Ambrose.
They will most likely let Bryan win and please the fans, also making it more important that the World Champion from a year ago is “saving” a championship that has been nothing important for a decade. Either way you look at it, WWE is in a great spot with multiple guys possibly winning in a week at Levi Stadium. The importance and the chemistry between all of these guys makes this such a fun feud to see develop each week.
