WWE SmackDown: 5 reasons why Braun Strowman won the Intercontinental Championship

#2 To transition it to someone else

Super SmackDown ahead of the Superbowl

This could be one of the likeliest theories. It sounds bizarre to think of Strowman as a transitional Champion, but how long were his last two Tag Team title reigns, to begin with? One lasted one night and the other hardly lasted for the length of his Universal Championship feud against Seth Rollins.

And here's another major problem that we don't want to address but have to - WWE struggles with booking babyface Champions of late. Becky Lynch might just be the sole exception to that - and that's more credit to her for staying relevant and maintaining popularity.

Usually, after a long reign, we see a pattern of small reigns between superstars and that could be the case in WrestleMania season. As much as we hate to say it, Braun Strowman may have just won the title to transition it into another top heel. He doesn't even need to be pinned.

All it takes is a multi-man match for someone else to be pinned.