Should? Yeah, would be awesome to give the mid-card some actual GOOD tv-time
Will it happen? Hell fucking no way, not in a thousand fucking years.

 

For the last 20 or so years, the 'mid-card' titles have been the stepping stone and pinnacle of many folks careers. It's a title that should only be held by someone who is not yet in the main event scene but is making there way their, or the highest point they'll reach(see: Kofi Kingston). There are obvious exceptions like Christian recently, but these guys are transitional champions. Putting a mid card title on Cena will only devalue the WWE and World Heavyweight titles.

 

Sorry, but this is never gonna happen. Cena will always be going for big titles, besides, as you just said, the midcard titles and the challengers are pretty bad atm, so Cena would be involved in a feud with someone like Santino or Kofi, which is a terrible plan for the WWE.

 

He's way, way, way too big for the IC or US title at this point. Hell, in many cases he's bigger than the WWE title.

 

in many cases?, fuck Cena himself said he was above any title, legends came into the ring telling the same thing, I'm betting vince mcmahon even thinks cena is God and prays to him every night, that's how far the cena idolatry from the WWE have come to

 

Cena should. A run with the US title would do it some good. He's not too big for the title. That argument makes no sense. My only fear about this is if Cena were to become US Champ would he still main event of the WWE title? Probably so, then it becomes a bad thing because your devaluing the WWE title even more.

 

he hasn't won the Intercontinental Championship yet right? I am sure he will win it before he retires

 

He should give the Intercontinental Championship a shot as the only "big" title that he's never won but otherwise, he's too big for the midcards.

 

The thing is, who would he lose to? He would have it until he retires based on the way they book Cena.

 

Both the main and mid card titles in general started to become irrelevant DURING The Attitude Era as that was when we began seeing Stone Cold Steve Austin main eventing PPV's or closing shows without being involved in the title feud. Outside of Rock/Triple H in 1998, Benoit/Jericho in 2000-01 and Kurt Angle being briefly involved during 2000 nothing of note happened in the mid card during The Attitude Era at all and people like The Godfather, Road Dogg, Val Venis, D-Lo Brown, Chyna and Albert were all Intercontinental champions.

The mid card got better during The Ruthless Aggression Era but that was more down to the fact that the brand split was it proper effect which meant each brand had to have a good mid card to pack out their own roster. People like Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Edge, Christian, Booker T, Kane, Rob Van Dam, William Regal, Carlito and Shelton Benjamin were all great mid card champions but their problem became little in the way of storylines and actual feuds and more about thrown together matches on PPV which had become a problem more so today.

John Cena being a mid card champion doesn't do anything for the mid card title unless he is put into proper storylines and feuds which draw peoples attention and makes people actually care which isn't likely to happen. What is needed is for WWE use Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Antonio Cesaro, Sin Cara, Damien Sandow, Drew McIntyre, The Miz, Jack Swagger, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel, Curt Hawkins and Evan Bourne along with veterans in Rey Mysterio and Christian and actually give proper tv time to them in developed storylines that elevate the mid card as well as the actual wrestlers as well.

 

If he does, he would still main event who ever the WWE Champ is when he has it.

 

Right now he shouldn't become any champion, he is above all titles and doesn't need any of them, its pointless. When he gets a character change (heel turn), then and only then should they think about putting a title on him again. If he has a corporate heel gimmick, where he pairs up with Vince and the idea is that Vince wants Cena to be the poster boy and everything (except now Cena uses this to be a bad guy) Cena can come out and say his goal is to destroy every division and win all the titles, then he can win the US Championship/IC Championship. Lol.

 

No, this is ridiculous. That would be like Hogan winning the IC title after losing to Warrior.

 

What Cena should do is take a break... like 5years or forever.

 

Once they unify the WWE and World Heavyweight Titles, they should put the Intercontinental Championship on Cena to boost its status back up to what it was before the Attitude Era.

 

Once they unify the WWE and World Heavyweight Titles

Is this actually happening?

 

haha no, I hope he'll never be a triple crown.

 

I'd like to see him have a good run with the IC title as it would give the IC title some prestige again if it was booked right. I was present at Summerslam 1992 when the IC title was booked as the main event, and it'd be good to see the midcard titles mean something again.

 

I'd rather he get the World title and be on Smackdown every week, and move guys like Bryan and Sheamus to the IC title until they are ready for the WWE title.

This way, the World title and WWE title are equal, then have the IC title be on the guys whose next step is main event, and have the US just be mid-card title.

 

He's too big to be any less than WHC or WWE champ.

 

I think the World Heavyweight title would make the most sense. With the Brand Split not really meaning much anymore, Cena could easily hold that title, and show up on Raw each week.

 

Remember when Flair won the IC title? He buried that belt, held it for 5 months and it was never mentioned while he was off feuding with HHH.

So yeah, it would probably be like that.

 

this forum would be thrilled if he was, but logic says no

 

Will never happen obviously, but hell yea it would bring back some prestige. Tbh though ending the brand split would be a start to bring back meaning to the mid-card titles.

WWE, IC and European or HC titles and 1 tag titles is the only way to bring back meaning to any of them to be honest.

 

In between HHH's 4th and 5th WWE title reigns he won the Intercontinental title twice. This was smartly booked as it brought some relevance to the belt and at the same time elevated Jeff Hardy for the first time as a singles performer.

Established WWE Champions can win the IC or US titles and it not seem like a mockery if handled well.

 

i've been wanting them to put him in the intercontinental title scene. that would bring relevancy back to the title.

 

Triple H holding the Intercontinental Title in 2001, while he was still main eventing made the Title look pretty badass.