Dear WWE, Please Don’t Put The Intercontinental Title In A Ladder Match At WrestleMania 32

So far three matches have been confirmed for WrestleMania 32. Triple H will be defending the WWE Championship against Roman Reigns. The Undertaker will be facing Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match. And last but certainly not least, Dean Ambrose will facing off against Brock Lesnar in a street fight.

As you may have noticed, WWE has yet to confirm a match for Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens. So what’s going to happen with the IC Title at WrestleMania 32? Well rumor has it that Dolph Ziggler and The Miz will be part of a key match at Mania and that it may be a multi-man match with the Intercontinental Championship on the line. If you’re anything like us, your brain probably thought of last year’s ladder match at WrestleMania 31 when you read the words “multi-man match” and “Intercontinental Championship.” Last year’s match was fun, but the Intercontinental Championship needs something different this year.

Kevin Owens needs a big moment at WrestleMania 32 and so does the IC Title. Neither one of them is going to get that in another ladder match because once the match ends, people will just be talking about the high spots, not the title or Owens. A multi-man match can work just fine. But adding a gimmick such as ladders or tables would do more harm than good.

A triple threat or fatal four way match would still allow several WWE Superstars to make an appearance on the card and it would keep the focus on the title. Ziggler and Owens have been putting on awesome matches together as of late. But they can’t possibly face off in another singles match at Mania as that would be overkill. Adding The Miz for a triple threat match would allow Ziggler and Owens to carry the match with the added element of The Miz keeping the confrontation from getting stale.

Continuing on with the theme of a multi-man match, Ryback is another guy that could be thrown into the mix for a fatal four way. He had the longest IC Title reign in 2015 and it would be easy to put him back in the title hunt. How about Bray Wyatt? He has yet to win championship gold in WWE and he currently has nothing to do at WrestleMania 32. The point is, there are plenty of options for a triple threat or fatal four way match at WrestleMania, and there’s no shortage of midcarders looking for a spot on the card.

Last year was a decent year for the IC Title but 2016 needs to be a much bigger year for the belt and WWE should be using it to build new stars. The Intercontinental Championship needs to feel important again. So we’re begging you WWE, please don’t put the IC Title in a big multi-man ladder match at Mania. Save the ladders and tables for the US Title or Tag Team Titles. Please, just book an Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 32 and please make it about the belt, not the ladders.