Best and Worst of SmackDown after the Royal Rumble - WWE makes mistake with main event, Returning star earns title shot?

#1. Best: Braun Strowman as Intercontinental Champion

LIVE | AND YOUR NEW #ICTitle CHAMPION @BraunStrowman! #SmackDown #WWEAustralia pic.twitter.com/o7vmzzmrov

— WWE Australia (@WWEAustralia) February 1, 2020

This certainly feels long-overdue, doesn't it? It's crazy to think that Braun Strowman won his first singles title in WWE after over four and a half years on the main roster. Many pegged him as a Future World Champion and 2017 and even 2018 would have been the perfect time to do it - but as you probably know, WWE squandered their opportunity to capitalize on his momentum in favor of putting over Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar.

He's never had that kind of momentum since then but things could pick up differently. He finally got his title shot against Shinsuke Nakamura and wasted no time in defeating him and capturing the Intercontinental Championship.

This was far and away the highlight of the show and we're glad that he was the man to dethrone Shinsuke Nakamura. As good as Nakamura is, his 200-day reign as Intercontinental Champion didn't do much good for the title.

However, we fear that Strowman will just have a transitional reign and drop the title at WrestleMania 36.