10 Forgotten WWE Intercontinental Champions
Perhaps we should call them 'Test runs'?
1. Ezekiel Jackson
Despite being Intercontinental Champion for a not-too-shabby 54 days, Ezekiel Jackson only defended the title twice on television.
It's not hard to see why WWE wanted to push THE Brian Kendrick's former bodyguard. He was big, young and could be carried to a decent match if he was in there with the right person (i.e. Christian).
He was missing a certain something, however, and never quite got to the next level.
The last-ever ECW Champion beat Wade Barrett to win the IC Title at Capitol Punishment 2011. Sadly, the match was pretty bad and big 'Zeke just wasn't over as a babyface, so the fans didn't care for the switch.
He beat Barrett in the rematch later that week on SmackDown and had another token defense against Ted DiBiase Jr., but he was pretty much a 'house show' champion.
Not defending the title is bad enough, but WWE didn't do him any favours by having him lose several non-title matches against Christian and Cody Rhodes.
Jackson was a beast, but he had his shortcomings both in the ring and on the mic. It was hardly a surprise when WWE made the call to switch the title to Cody Rhodes (who was much better prepared to hold it).
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.