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yet Ambrose and Owens are both established top stars.
I get people will say "but they're making the belts credible!" That's true to an extent. But they're not currently in title feuds that feel important. Owens isn't even in a title feud and is pretty much holding the US title hostage until after MITB. And we've seen Ambrose and Miz feuding for what feels like forever dating back to Smackdown. Miz was the perfect fit for the IC title, so hopefully he takes it back at ER.
But the last two midcarders to hold the belts were Rusev and Zack Ryder, both over a year ago (LOL @ Ryder losing it in less than 24 hours).. Cena put over the US title perfectly with his US Open Challenges (only to lose it to Del Rio, LOL), but that was also well over 2 years ago
What I'm trying to say is, those belts used to be and should be used to create the next top stars, not promote already established stars. Jinder Mahal would have been the perfect fit to win the US Title as opposed to rocketing straight to the World. It would have at least felt more organic to climb the ranks, and he could have used the US title to get even more heat.
I get people will say "but they're making the belts credible!" That's true to an extent. But they're not currently in title feuds that feel important. Owens isn't even in a title feud and is pretty much holding the US title hostage until after MITB. And we've seen Ambrose and Miz feuding for what feels like forever dating back to Smackdown. Miz was the perfect fit for the IC title, so hopefully he takes it back at ER.
But the last two midcarders to hold the belts were Rusev and Zack Ryder, both over a year ago (LOL @ Ryder losing it in less than 24 hours).. Cena put over the US title perfectly with his US Open Challenges (only to lose it to Del Rio, LOL), but that was also well over 2 years ago
What I'm trying to say is, those belts used to be and should be used to create the next top stars, not promote already established stars. Jinder Mahal would have been the perfect fit to win the US Title as opposed to rocketing straight to the World. It would have at least felt more organic to climb the ranks, and he could have used the US title to get even more heat.