Why The Miz is the next Intercontinental Champion

[Jack Newport]

Great triple threat main-event match tonight on Raw. On an otherwise lackluster show, all 3 men delivered. I was hoping Jericho or Miz would dethrone Barrett, but the second I saw Fandango in the backstage segment, I figured the title wouldn't change hands. The dirt sheets are apparently right. It'll be Barrett vs. Miz and Jericho vs. Fandango.

That brings me to Wade Barrett vs. The Miz at WrestleMania 29. If this title match happens, and I'm assuming it will, then The Miz is your next Intercontinental Champion, and the reason is simple:

Babyface Miz is the male equivalent of Kaitlyn.

Remember how Kaitlyn was always the constant contender? How she would recieve random title shot after random title shot for months on end, and every time she would come up short over some BS? How she would never be soundly defeated and would usually end up standing in the ring pissed off? She finally won the Divas title of course, but only after recieving 4-5 different shots against Eve.

Switch the word "Kaitlyn" with "Miz", the word "Divas" with "US / IC" and "Eve" with "Barrett / Cesaro", and you've got the current situation in the mid-card. Like Kaitlyn against Eve, Miz has recieved 4-5 title shots against a secondary champion, and has come up short due to BS. The injury at the Rumble? The DQ at the Chamber? Holding the tights in the 2 out 3 falls? Stealing the pin in the triple threat? Standing in the ring pissed off afterwards?

Same shit. Different wrapper.

Miz will defeat Barrett at WrestleMania not because he starred in a movie, or because he's "undefeated" at the Show of Shows, but because there has to be a pay-off to his constant title shots. If he were to lose yet again, everything creative has done with him since the beginning of 2013 will have been a giant waste of energy and time, and I honestly don't think his already-criticized face run would recover from it.

[Nitro_99]

Truth, all truth. Speaking of cesaro, where is he? They might have another battle royal in pre show to see who faces cesaro again, most likely sin cara.

[Jack Newport]

Truth, all truth. Speaking of cesaro, where is he? They might have another battle royal in pre show to see who faces cesaro again, most likely sin cara.

No clue, which is a shame.

[TempestH]

Well this would be Miz's first title win as a face. It needs to be a big moment.

Also I'd like to think that since Miz is still treated like he's kind of a big deal, that they want him to have the Intercontinental Title in order to boost it's prestige, which they are already sort of doing by putting the title on Barrett. The casual fans still think Miz is a main eventer, so him holding the IC belt makes it look like a big deal. With Miz giving the belt a rub, hopefully it means that they're boosting the title back up to what it was in the 80s-early 90s before the Attitude Era. And with a more prestigious IC title, they'd be able to unify the World Titles down the line as well.

[Peter Kaymakcian]

I don't see the Miz winning the Intercontinental Championship from Wade Barrett. I think the WWE wants to push Barrett and give him that rub by letting him get his first big Mania win against a former World Champ.

[Steve's Right Peg of Doom]

Well this would be Miz's first title win as a face. It needs to be a big moment.

Also I'd like to think that since Miz is still treated like he's kind of a big deal, that they want him to have the Intercontinental Title in order to boost it's prestige, which they are already sort of doing by putting the title on Barrett. The casual fans still think Miz is a main eventer, so him holding the IC belt makes it look like a big deal. With Miz giving the belt a rub, hopefully it means that they're boosting the title back up to what it was in the 80s-early 90s before the Attitude Era. And with a more prestigious IC title, they'd be able to unify the World Titles down the line as well.

I'm struggling to figure out which I see more of; Cena heel turn, Taker v Sting, Taker v X at Wrestlemania or the above two regarding prestige and unification.

Flog that equine corpse, flog it!

[merhardt03]

The Miz will be IC Champion because he is AWESOME! That's why! Been a Miz fan from day one back in Tough Enough 4. What a waste of a victor in that season with Daniel Puder! Miz should've won Tough Enough.

[Nitro_99]

I'm struggling to figure out which I see more of; Cena heel turn, Taker v Sting, Taker v X at Wrestlemania or the above two regarding prestige and unification.

Flog that equine corpse, flog it!

Sad, but true. I just know that if they had less titles, more superstars would be floundering around doing nothing and the WWE would still have no idea what to do with the titles

[Cabers]

I'm struggling to figure out which I see more of; Cena heel turn, Taker v Sting, Taker v X at Wrestlemania or the above two regarding prestige and unification.

Flog that equine corpse, flog it!

Seems to be a recurring theme lately.

[Jack Newport]

I'm struggling to figure out which I see more of; Cena heel turn, Taker v Sting, Taker v X at Wrestlemania or the above two regarding prestige and unification.

Flog that equine corpse, flog it!

"The mid-card title picture is dead! Management isn't giving guys enough opportunities!"
"Unify the IC and US Championships ASAP! There's no point in having two useless titles!"

Vintage IWC.