5 factors that may lead to Braun Strowman becoming WWE Intercontinental Champion 

#2 Return of the Intercontinental Championship open challenge

Seth Rollins elevated the title to the next level with the Intercontinental Championship open challenge

It’s been a while since WWE had a mid-card title open challenge every week. Seth Rollins was the last champion to send out this challenge and The Architect delivered entertaining matches week in and week out. In fact, his Intercontinental Championship reign had got him over with the WWE Universe and ultimately, he became a two-time Universal Champion.

Braun Strowman, being a face at the moment, can bring back this challenge if he gets his hands on the gold. The fans cannot imagine a heel like Shinsuke Nakamura or Andrade (United States Champion) to send out an open challenge for the mid-card championship. Also, currently, the world champions of both the shows do not wrestle on TV.

Hence, the Creative may soon find it tough to book some quality matches. The random tag team matches do not favor anyone and it would be better to have title matches on TV every week. WWE must be having this thought somewhere in their mind and given that Andrade has recently won the US title, it would not be a good move to take the championship off him.

Instead, Strowman should pick up the Intercontinental Championship and issue open challenges where the underutilized Superstars can get some TV time besides giving the fans top-quality matches.

Video: Open title challenges, last issued by Seth Rollins, have now become a rarity